About Program
The Department of Child Development trains Child Development Specialists who can evaluate 0-18 year-old normally developing or disabled, orphaned, working, immigrant, delinquent and hospitalized children’s mental, linguistic, motor, social and emotional development and self-care skills, and who can help children, families, educators and the society in supporting all areas of development and skills. The person, who are graduated from this program, works as a child specialist in some private and public institutions.Students graduate from the Department of Child Development equipped with the knowledge and skills to determine children’s levels of development in all areas; design programs and organize contexts appropriate with their levels of development; follow and organize children’s development in various areas; prepare curricula; counsel and cooperate with families, persons and institutions involved in child development about the field; raise social awareness in these issues; and coordinating and working with child and family-related disciplines.
Goals
The aim of the Department of Child Development is to train Child Development Specialists who can evaluate 0-18 year-old normally developing or disabled, orphaned, working, immigrant, delinquent and hospitalized children’s mental, linguistic, motor, social and emotional development and self-care skills, and who can help children, families, educators and the society in supporting all areas of development and skills.
Summary of Program Outcomes
Students explain the concepts, theories, national and international practices and relations between concepts about the child development. Students explain developmental and learning features, developmental disorders and learning difficulties of children. Students have the knowledge of education programs, teaching methods and techniques, assessment and evaluation about child development.