Infant Toddler Development Training
Module 1, Lesson 3
Introduction
In previous lessons, we have identified typical child development and theories that describe child development. This lesson will focus on the many factors that can affect a child's development. Some factors can affect a child's development prior to birth, during birth, and/or after birth and can consist of biological, environmental, and/or cultural influences. This lesson will provide an overview of the various factors that can affect child development.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Explain the concept "nature vs nurture"
- Identify and explain three factors that may lead to atypical development
- Identify factors that affect attachment/emotional security of a child
- Describe various prenatal environmental influences that affect child development (teratogens, maternal factors, prenatal health care)
- Describe how environment and culture can influence child development
- Discuss the effect of child abuse/neglect on child development
- Explain how heredity affects early physical growth (genetic disorders, etc.)
- Identify biological factors that affect the overall developing child
- Discuss the importance of good nutrition and its effect on child development
- Identify birth complications/trauma that effect child development (e.g., oxygen deprivation, preterm/low-birth weight, post term infants)
- Discuss how parental and caregiver influence/interaction can affect the developmental outcome of a child.
Resources
The following resources are necessary for the completion of this lesson. Learners may wish to access and print a hard copy of the resources prior to beginning the lesson and for future reference. Some resource documents can be found in the Resource Bank. Others are available online.
Census Data:
Health Care Disparities
Key Words
Definitions of key words are found in the glossary.
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