FSS:PSY227 PEChD - Course Information

PSY227 Practicum of Early Child Development

Extent and Intensity

1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Eva Pavlíková (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Šárka Portešová, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Pavlíková
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies

Timetable

Mon 11:30–13:00 U35

Prerequisites

PSY103 Developmental psychology I
It is advisable to have completed:
PSY 103 Developmental Psychology I

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 23 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/23, only registered: 0/23, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/23

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

PSY 127 „Practical of early child development“ is practically oriented course from applied psychology of early child developement. It enrichs the basic course of developmental psychology with practical information about uprising and caring about children between 0 and 6, that can be easily and immediately applied and practiced.
This course is also planned as a form of expert assistance for childrens' nook „Dětko“ at FSS: volunteers can improve their qualification and competency by taking care about nook's clients, preparing programme on special occasions or offering help to parents, who are looking for professional advice and do not know, which institutions may be helpful.
At last, students should think about the role and objective of psychological care oriented on a small children and their parents, eventually about their own specialization at this field.
1) Bc. Absolvents:
- Employee in child helping institutions, that works with children under the age of 6 and their parents;
- parents' centers, parents' clubs
- leisure time centers
- asylum houses for mother and child
- tourist offices (conception of family holidays)
- NGO (Non-Govermental Organizations)
- hospitals (after another required qualification)
2) Mgr. absolvents
- see bachelor absolvents
- children psychologists (after obtaining required qualification)

Syllabus

• 1. meeting - PRENATAL A PERINATAL PERIOD: short characteristics of prenatal develompent, prenatal psychology; prenatal learning (BabyPlus and other) – critic view psychological preparation for being parents (changes, difficulities, etc.); childbirth, delivery (classic and alternative ways, father accompaning); perinatal period (newborn's adaptation, Apgar score, rising emotional tie between mother and child, parents adaptation, allowance of breast-feeding – „Laktační liga" - leage for lactation).
• 2. meeting - NEWBORN CHILD: physical development (especially practic questions – proper care, importance of corect motoric development, locomotion, grasping, fine and gross motor, diagnostics and rehabilitation); cognitive development (accurate stimulation, proper toys, utilities); nutrition (actual findings, advises); developmental problems (excessive crying, problems with biorythm); special themes such as premature birth, pre-term babies, chronically ill child or child with handicap).
• 3. meeting - TODDLER: development of locomotion, personality, identity, language and speaking; importance of toddler's negativism for progress; motor skills stimulation, fine and gross motor, propre and healthy toys and games; most common development disturbances (delayed development; speech, language); early signals of hyperactivity, ADHD; diagnosis, intervention; lower abnormalities in psychomotoric development by dr. Kleplová.
• 4. meeting - DEVELOPMENTAL SCALES – potencial of psychological evaluation detecting the level of development: history of psych. evaluation: Gesell...; BSID II (Bayley's scale of Infant Development).
• 5. meeting - FAIRY TALES AND STORIES IN INFANT'S LIFE: educational function – do you know, what is in fairy-tales?; relaxing and therapeutic function; reading goodnight stories; children’s own stories, fantasy.
• 6. meeting - FINE MOTOR: graphomotor skills: drawings and it's progress, characteristics of child's drawing (bring some, if it will be possible), copying; modelling and other manual activities; conjunction between fine motor development and progress in speaking, cognitive functions, creativity.
• 7. meeting - GAME IN INFANT'S LIFE: game development, game functions; thinking about the origin of toys and their function nowdays and in a history; adult and child playing together; game specialist as a profession.
• 8. meeting - DEVEOPMENTAL DISABILITIES: behavioural and emotional disorders: abnormal excitability and crying, hypo- or hyperactivity, sleep; developmental delay; pervasive developmental disorders; alternative and augmentative communication, sign language with babies; gifted children, precipitated development.
• 9. meeting - UPBRINGING PROBLEMS AND TRICKS - What an upbringing is and its aims: schools of psychology and principles in upbringing; „empirical“ principles; „easily“ and „hardly“ educated children; „ideal“ parent.
• 10. meeting - GUEST'S SEAT: We will a chance to talk to professional, who works with small children or a parent, who has the experience with visiting helping institution or professional and cooperate with them.
• 11. and 12.meeting - E-LEARTNING LESSONS: space for work on other required activities in this course; babysiting in „Dětko“, preparing actions for children, writing an essay, other children and parents-helping activities.
• 13. meeting - FINAL TEST AND COUSE FEEDBACK
• . The ordrer of e-learning lessons may change, depends on the actual situation during semester.

Literature

required literature
• DITTRICHOVÁ, Jaroslava, Mechthild PAPOUŠEK and Karel PAUL. Chování dítěte raného věku a rodičovská péče. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2004, 188 s. ISBN 8024703998. info
• POUTHAS, Viviane and François JOUEN. Psychologie novorozence. Translated by Alena Mrázová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2000, 285 s. ISBN 8071699608. info

recommended literature
• FRAIBERG, Selma. Magické roky : jak pochopit a řešit problémy raného dětství. Vyd. 1. Praha: Triton, 2002, 260 s. ISBN 8072542702. info
• SOBOTKOVÁ, Daniela and Jaroslava DITTRICHOVÁ. Narodilo se s problémy a co bude dál? Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2003, 107 s. ISBN 802470398X. info
• VERNY, Thomas R. The secret life of the unborn child. London: Time Warner Books, 1981, xii, 240. ISBN 0751510033. info
• OŠLEJŠKOVÁ, Hana. Autismus. Pediatrie po promoci. Praha: Medical Tribune CZ, 2004, vol. 1, 3-4, p. 60-66. ISSN 1214-6773. info
• BADEGRUBER, Bernd and Friedrich PIRKL. Příběhy pomáhají s problémy. 4. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2000, 109 s. ISBN 80-7178-416-8. info
• VERNY, Thomas R. and Pamela WEINTRAUB. Pre-parenting : nurturing your child from conception. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2002, 336 s. ISBN 0671775243. info

Teaching methods

Lectures, interactive exercises in a small groups; discussion with expert / specialist from practice; self-studying; a babysitting early age children in DětKo on FSS; education support through an on-line discussion with continuous feedback, essay, creating of a quality passwords to Wikipedia.

Assessment methods

Conditions of subject completition and the acquisition of graded course-unit credit:
1. active cooperation with „Dětko“ at FSS (as a volounteer for babysitting or oragnizating games and entertainment for Dětko’s clients)
2. active work on seminars; try to find and bring relevant and authentic materials; children's paintings or another products, or write a case-study
3. writing an essay focused on concrete age period; using literature work with monographs and scholarly journals
4. 80% participation on courses
5. successful final test

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Přednost při zápisu mají studentky/studenti aktivně spolupracující s Dětským koutkem na FSS.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Přednost při zápisu mají studentky/studenti aktivně spolupracující s Dětským koutkem na FSS

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