CACHE Endorsed - Child Development

From the moment a child is born the combination of genetics and environmental influences will help shape who that child becomes. It’s the age-old nature vs. nurture debate – even if a child is born with the potential to do great things, unlocking that potential will depend on the environment that they grow up in, and the encouragement that they receive along the way. Help Every Child Reach Their Potential As an early years practitioner, it’s your job to ensure a child can have the best level of developmental support when away from home in their childcare or early year’s education setting. Their development can be influenced by a whole range of factors, such as stimulation, exercise and enriching opportunities, can help every child to thrive. Identify the Developmental Stages Remember that every child is unique, and will achieve the developmental milestones and reach the various stages of progress at different rates. In this course, you will learn the importance of the patterns of development that exist, and will be able to raise concerns if a child’s development was to fall outside of these norms. The unit can be taken as a solo unit, but would also work well alongside other this course that is aimed at Academic Level modules, such as ‘Observing Children’ and ‘Managing Behaviour’.