Title: Examine growth and developmental needs of children from one to three years of age.
Course: GRADS – Work Focus (19906) > Section: Training Professionals in Early Learning Environments

Examination should include characteristics of physical, social, emotional, cognitive, language, and moral development.

Process/Skill Questions

Thinking

- How can an established sense of trust allow the one-to-three year old to explore with confidence and safety?
- What might the consequences be if a toddler developed a sense that he/she were loved only when he/she achieved?

Communication

- In what ways can the adolescent parent communicate to the toddler that he/she is loved and willingly cared for?
- How can providing sensitive, consistent responses to the toddler's physical and emotional needs create a level of trust for the toddler?

Leadership

- How can mealtime provide an excellent opportunity to encourage development?
- How does playtime help him or her respond to a new environment?
- How does a secure environment help a child grow through stranger and separation anxiety?

Management

- How does a daily schedule of providing physical care for the toddler provide opportunities to stimulate the toddler cognitively, socially, morally, and emotionally?
- How can a parent stimulate development of a toddler?