Child Development 101: Parenting and Reparenting Through the Stages

Course overview

Objectives Explore the developmental tasks and needs of the infant stage (0-2 years old) Maslow (Biological and safety needs) Erickson (Trust vs. Mistrust) Bowlby (Attachment) Piaget (Cognition/schema formation) Discuss how failure to get these needs met can result in later mental health issues Discuss how failure to resolve the trust vs. mistrust crisis results in later mental health issues Discuss how infant’s primitive cognitive abilities develop dysfunctional schemas for later in life Examine how the child is starting to develop self esteem through initiative and independence Explore what can go wrong in each stage and what can be done to repair damages now. Review developmental tasks children accomplish at each stage Examine how children’s thinking patterns are different than that of both toddlers and adolescents Explore ways to assist childrena nd teens in enhancing their self esteem Introduce Kholberg’s theory of moral development Examine how teens thinking patterns are different than that of both pre-teens and adults Review Kholberg’s theory of moral development