Cognitive Development in Infants
Course Learning Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Define cognitive development and describe the influence of brain development on the infant's cognitive system
- List two cognitive milestones that typically appear in infants at different time periods: birth-1 month, 1-4 months, 4-8 months, 8-12 months and 12-18 months
- Discuss some other important factors that can influence infant cognitive development
- Identify and describe practices that support infant cognitive development, including five strategies and related activities
- Recognize activities that are not appropriate for promoting cognitive development in infants
Includes:
schedule 2 Hours
star_outline 0.20 CEUs
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computer 1 year unlimited access
verified_user Certificate of completion
face Early childhood training approval
Description
Although infants were once considered completely passive and unthinking, the fields of psychology and neuroscience (study of the brain) have advanced significantly in the past 20 years. We now know that newborn babies begin to use all of their senses to investigate the world as soon as they are born.
Seeing, listening, and smelling new things is the beginning of a spectacular period of discovery that has a direct effect on cognitive development. From birth to 18 months, infants achieve an amazing list of milestones in all domains including physical, social and emotional, and cognitive. In this course, you will learn about cognitive development milestones in infants and activities you can use to promote learning.
This course will be divided into two parts: