Year 12 Early Childhood Development

Content:
Find out about the basic needs for infants, toddlers and young children. Examine the nutritional needs for each age group. Learn how to support the health and wellbeing of young children - newborn to school age. Included in this course will be first aid, workplace health and safety, basic hygiene practices and attachment theory.  

Skills you can develop:

• Working with young children
• Workplace health and safety
• First Aid
• Presentation skills
• Work ready skills
• Communication and interaction with teachers in an early childhood centre setting
• Care practices for young children
• The knowledge of how to access support for children and whanau

There is a 4 day work place experience at a local early childhood centre as part of this course.