Understand key principles of child development and care, covering growth stages, emotional wellbeing, safeguarding awareness, and supportive learning environments to confidently nurture safe, healthy, and positive early years experiences daily.
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Child Development and Care is a comprehensive course focused on child development, care, growth, and learning. It explores behaviour, health, nutrition, parenting, safety, and support systems essential for early years. Learners gain knowledge to understand developmental stages and provide effective guidance that promotes healthy emotional and physical well-being in children.
Course curriculum covers understanding child development, care for children, healthy food and healthy living, and keeping children healthy and safe. It also includes child protection, play, imagination, cognitive development, and social emotional skills. The program strengthens knowledge of behaviour, learning, and factors influencing growth from childhood to adolescence stages included.
This Child Development and Care course equips learners with practical skills in child development, care, nutrition, safety, and parenting support. It enhances understanding of behaviour, learning, and health needs while preparing individuals to guide children effectively. The training builds confidence to support growth and emotional development in real-world childcare settings.
Learners complete an assignment and can take a mock exam to practice and improve their understanding before the final multiple-choice exam. Tutors provide personalised feedback on the assignment. The final exam is automatically marked, and learners must achieve at least 60% to receive a CPD-certified certificate.
After completing the Child Development and Care course assessment, you will be eligible to receive a CPD-accredited certificate worth £9 from One Education to demonstrate your achievement.
The certificate is also available as a printed hard copy delivered by post for £15.
Quality Licence Scheme Endorsed Certificate
Learners also have the option to order a Quality Licence Scheme (QLS) Endorsed Certificate as additional proof of achievement. The QLS Endorsed Certificate can be delivered by post for £109, with an additional £10 postage charge for international students.
This course has been endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme for its high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes. This course is not regulated by Ofqual and is not an accredited qualification. Your training provider will be able to advise you on any further recognition, for example progression routes into further and/or higher education. For further information please visit the Learner FAQs on the Quality Licence Scheme website.
Studying Child Development and Care provides essential knowledge of how children grow physically, emotionally, socially, and intellectually from early years onwards. It is highly relevant for careers in childcare, education, and family support services.
This qualification builds understanding of developmental milestones, safeguarding practices, and effective care techniques. It strengthens observational skills and professional awareness, enabling learners to support healthy growth and create nurturing environments for children.
The Child Development and Care course has a total study time of 2 weeks, 1 day. Learners can progress through the programme at a flexible pace, allowing them to build essential knowledge of child growth, development, and care practices while balancing study with other personal or professional commitments.
The Child Development and Care course requirements are accessible and beginner-friendly. No prior experience in childcare is necessary, although an interest in children’s growth, learning, and wellbeing is helpful. The course is delivered fully online, requiring only internet access and a digital device, allowing flexible self-paced study from any location.
It is a course that focuses on how children grow, learn, and develop from birth through early childhood.
It helps understand children’s physical, emotional, social, and intellectual growth stages.
You will learn about child growth stages, care practices, nutrition, learning development, and emotional support.
It is suitable for childcare workers, nursery staff, parents, and anyone interested in child care.
Good care supports healthy growth, learning ability, emotional stability, and social skills.
| Child Development and Care | |||
| Understanding Child Development | 00:54:00 | ||
| Care for Children | 00:25:00 | ||
| Healthy Food, Healthy Living | 00:25:00 | ||
| Keeping Children Healthy and Safe | 00:32:00 | ||
| Child Protection | 00:23:00 | ||
| Play, Imagination and Creativity | 00:26:00 | ||
| Factors That Influence Development | 00:36:00 | ||
| Cognitive Development | 00:25:00 | ||
| Social and Emotional Development | 00:43:00 | ||
| Personality and Intellectual Development in Children | 00:36:00 | ||
| Language Development in Children | 00:32:00 | ||
| Problems in Childhood & Adolescence | 00:41:00 | ||
| Mock Exam | |||
| Mock Exam – Child Development and Care | 00:20:00 | ||
| Final Exam | |||
| Final Exam – Child Development and Care | 00:20:00 | ||
| Assignment | |||
| Assignment – Child Development and Care | 2 weeks, 1 day | ||
| Order Your Certificate | |||
| Order Your Certificate QLS | 00:00:00 | ||
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