Home A laboratory preschool and infant toddler center where University students, young children, and their parents are empowered to construct knowledge about the world. Students from varied disciplines such as child development, communication studies, education, music, and psychology participate at the CDC each semester. By participating in successive laboratory courses, students learn to observe children and record their behaviors, assess children's development, plan and evaluate developmentally appropriate activities, and design and implement research projects. The CDC offers 14 paid internships to CSU Stanislaus students.
Interns also earn academic credit each semester.
CSU Stanislaus has the only child development laboratory in the CSU that employs students as head teachers, instructional aides and asministrators. As students complete coursework and gain experience teaching young children, supervising college students, and sharing administrative duties. All CDC staff positions are coordinated with university courses to provide supervised practice. Laboratory and salaried experiences at the CDC are applicable for California Child Development Permits and meet requirements for administrative training for the California Department of Social Services Community Child Care Division. The CDC serves children between the ages of 2 months to 5 years.