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Apr 26, 2024
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IECD-578 Developmental Needs of High Risk Newborns and Young Infants and their Families4 semester credits
This course will provide a broad-based foundation that yields expertise in support of newborns and young infants with health care needs, developmental disabilities, and those who are at risk for relationship disturbances. Using the BABIES and PreSTEPS Model, the course will focus on evidence based approaches to assessment and intervention for an infant’s body function, arousal and sleep, body movement, interaction with others, eating, and soothing. Support for families will focus on the evidence based best practices of predictability and continuity, sleep and arousal organization; timing and pacing, environmental modifications, positioning and handling and self-soothing supports. The course will include in-depth application of the Newborn and Young Infant IFSP, BABIES, PREsteps, and systems-building information through manualized information, case studies and guided application to the student’s own case load.
Delivery Method: Online
Grading Default: Letter
Learning Outcome(s):
Students successfully completing this course will be able to:
- Discuss the basic developmental tasks of the newborn and young infant.
- Compare and contrast various assessments of the newborn and young infant.
- Detail the importance of neurophysiologic, behavioral and emotional bidirectional relationship effects on mother/infant dyads.
- Discuss caregiver contributions to enhancing newborn and infant development.
- Conduct appropriate observations and use reflective questions regarding the newborn/young infant and their primary caregiver’s interactions.
- Discuss the effects of early constitutional and caregiving supports on infant regulation.
- Identify resources for support of the newborn and young infant and their family.
- Develop appropriately detailed, designed and articulated resources for families of newborns and young infants.
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