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Infant/ Toddler Caregiver
Program Description:
This degree plan is designed to prepare students to work with infants and toddlers. Courses focus on the social, emotional, physical, intellectual, and language development of children birth to three years of age. Students learn developmentally appropriate program design and activities for infants and toddlers. Students gain practical knowledge and skills necessary for effective communication, nurturing, and facilitating optimal development for infants and toddlers.
Entry Level Salary:
$23,180
Local Employment Outlook:
Employment of child care workers is projected to increase about as fast as the average for all occupations through the year 2014. The number of women in the labor force of childbearing age (widely considered to be ages 15 to 44) and the number of children under 5 years of age are both expected to rise over the next 10 years. Also, the proportion of children being cared for exclusively by parents or other relatives is likely to continue to decline, spurring demand for additional child care workers. Concern about the behavior of school-aged children during non-school hours also should increase demand for before- and after-school programs and child care workers to staff them.
Sample Courses:
CHD 2513 Programming for Infants and Toddlers
CHD 2233 Physical Development and Creative Expression: Early Childhood
CHD 2243 Language and Cognitive Development: Early Childhood
CHD 2263 Social and Emotional Development: Early Childhood
What It Takes:
This Associate in Applied Science requires 60 credits hours.
Child Development-Infant/Toddler Certificate of Mastery
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