Students will be aware of the physical, emotional, and language development of infants. Also, the area of child abuse and special students will be discussed. Time will be spent observing infant behavior. Study includes development of stages from birth to death, especially adolescence to old age. Study includes the normal child as well as the special needs child.
Time is spent in observing and working with children.
Provides the application of nutrition knowledge to the daily challenges of feeding children and forming dietary patterns that will serve throughout their life. The special nutritional demands and needs of the growing years are considered from conception through the teens. A course of study that provides skill building activities in the area of art for preschool children. The function of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, and minerals required by the body and their relation to health is studied along with a study of digestion, absorption of food, endocrine glands, diets for pregnant mothers, children, teenagers, and older adults. The problems involved in overweight, undernutrition, and the planning and budgeting of family menus is also covered.