Child Development

Child Development is a program taught at Los Angeles Southwest College, USA. Intake: Fall, Spring. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time options.

The Associate in Arts in Liberal Arts: Child Development at Los Angeles Southwest College prepares you to study child development from birth to age eight. You focus on academic histories, current trends, and practical theories, including how children process and learn. The program also covers developmentally appropriate curriculum for differently-abled children, classroom lesson development, and ways to promote a love of learning in young children.

Instruction combines classroom study with hands-on experience at the Child Development Center, using your classroom knowledge in action. The program includes learning outcomes such as creating developmentally appropriate strategies and techniques, using observation and assessment methods to measure developmental progress, and developing critical-thinking and problem-solving skills for learning and promoting learning in young children.

After completing the Associate in Arts in Liberal Arts: Child Development (AA), you will be ready to take the Child Care Licensing Exam and meet minimum requirements to work in the Los Angeles area and in the state of California.

Modules

• CH DEV 1 Child Growth and Development
• CH DEV 2 Early Childhood: Principles and Practices
• CH DEV 7 Introduction to Early Childhood Curriculum
• CH DEV 10 Health, Safety, and Nutrition
• CH DEV 11 Child, Family, and Community
• CH DEV 42 Teaching in a Diverse Society

The minimum requirements for admission in Child Development at Los Angeles Southwest College for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Los Angeles Southwest College.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Los Angeles Southwest College as pre-requiste for admission in Child Development.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Please check detail of study units at https://www.lasc.edu/academics/aos/child-development-liberal-arts-aa

• Special Education Teacher
• Preschool Teacher
• Social Worker
• Recreational Therapist
• Speech-Language Pathologist
• Kindergarten and Elementary School Teacher
• Pediatric nurse
• Speech pathologist
• Museum educator
• Consulting and regulating educational programs

80 fully funded scholarships are listed for USA. See USA scholarships.