Dimensions of Human Behavior: The Changing Life Course
Sixth Edition
Learning Objectives
- Compare one’s own emotional and cognitive reactions to three case studies.
- Identify aspects of the developmental niche that affect infant and toddler development.
- Summarize typical physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development of infants and toddlers.
- Analyze the role of play in infancy and toddlerhood.
- Compare developmental delay and developmental disability as they apply to infancy and toddlerhood.
- Compare the childcare arrangements in infancy and toddlerhood in the United States with the arrangements in other wealthy countries.
- Identify issues that face multigenerational families with infants and toddlers.
- Give examples of risk factors and protective factors during infancy and toddlerhood.
- Apply knowledge of infancy and toddlerhood to recommend guidelines for social work engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation.