 ASSISTANCE TO INFANCY
The purpose of this course is to study, in depth, Montessori pedagogy and practices along with current medical and psychological approaches to child development in the first three years of life.
The course curriculum includes:
- Montessori Pedagogy and Philosophy: The natural development of the children from conception to three years of age.
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Obstetrics: Prenatal, birth, and postnatal development
- Nutrition and Hygiene: Maternal care, digestive system, food preparation, and health issues.
- Child Neuropsychiatry: The Nervous System and normal psychological development.
- Development of Language and Movement.
- Environment: Preparation of the home and infant community as an aid to human development during the first three years of life.
- Music, Art, and Spiritual development.
- Observation: Practical training for observation of children in maternity hospitals, homes and infant communities.
Housing
Room and board (housing/meal plan) will be provided at the University of San Diego for those who choose to take advantage of it. More information, including costs and options available will be posted by February 15, 2010.
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