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LIFE SPAN DEVELOPMENT - I- PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT AND INFANCY
Paper Code:
HHD 124
Credits:
3
Contact Hours:
45.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Objective:
This course will enable the students to :
1. Understand physiological changes during pregnancy.
2. Understand development during infancy.
3. Understand problems and care to be taken during infancy.
14.00
Unit I:
Prenatal Development
a) Pregnancy- Physiological and psychological changes, Placenta- functions, fetal blood circulation; Amniotic fluid- functions.
b) Hormonal changes in pregnancy and lactation.
c) Complications during pregnancy and child birth.
d) Prenatal Development.- Stages, critical influence, teratogens.
e) Birth process- methods of delivery, birth complications, uses of analgesia, anesthesia, oxytocics.
f) Women’s rights related to pregnancy and child birth.
12.00
Unit II:
Infancy
a) Prematurity – Preterm, small for date, Impact of prematurity and birth weight on personality.
b) The neonate upto 4 weeks-Physical, physiological, cognitive, social capabilities.
c) Physical and motor- fine and gross motor skills, social development.
d) Emotional development - Primary and self conscious emotions.
e) Cognitive - attention, memory, thinking and metacognition in life span .
f) Language development- Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas in brain, language rules- phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics, metalinguistic awareness, telegraphic speech.
g) Sensory and perceptual development.
18.00
Unit III:
Infancy: Critical period
a) Physiology of brain and changes during infancy.
b) Reflexes, stimulation and infant response.
c) Early environment (Critical periods). Importance-need for desirable child rearing practices, effects of environmental deprivation, maternal-child interactions, effects of maternal deprivation, early social experience, mothering attachment.
8.00
Unit IV:
Immunization Schedule
a) Immunization schedule
b) The sleep / wake cycle- REM, NREM.
c) Massage therapy of infants, kangaroo care and bonding.
8.00
Unit V:
Assessment Techniques
a) Temperament- classification, biological foundation, environmental factors, parenting babies with different temperaments.
b) SIDS, stranger anxiety/ separation protest/ social referencing.
c) Assessment of newborn- APGAR scale, Brazelton neonatal behavioral assessment scale, Neonatal ICU network neurobehavioral scale ( NNNS )
Essential Readings:
1. Hurlock, E.B., Child Development McGraw Hill, New York 1988.
2. Subash C. Arya, Infant and child care for Indian Mothers. Vikas Publishers, Delhi 1972.
3. Devadas, R.P. and Jaya. N. Text Book of child development McMillan and Co., 1981.
4. Gosh, S. The feeling and care of infants and young children UNICEF, New Delhi 1976.
5. Banerjee B.G. (1987), Child Development and Socialization, Deep and Deep Publications
6. Berk, L.E (1995) Child Development, London: Allyn and Bacon
7. Gupta (1991) Speaking of Child Care, Everything you wanted to know (II Ed.), New Delhi, Sterling Publishers
8. Newman and Newman,Infancy and childhood-Development and its context.john Wiley,1978.
9. Illingsworth,R.S. The development of the Infant and Young child.Churchill and Livingstone,1975.
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