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Unit 8

Introduction:

1. Course Requirements
2. CDA Process
3. CDA Portfolio

Topics:
Topic 1: The Whole Child (4 hours)
Topic 2: Theories of Child Development (2 hours)
Topic 3: Speech and Language Milestones (3 hours)
Topic 4: Executive Function (2 hours)
Topic 5: The Gifted Child (2 hours)
​Topic 6: ​Once Upon a Time: Fairy Tales in the Early Childhood Classroom (2 hours)

Professional Beliefs 
Professional Portfolio Review
Professional Portfolio: The Resource Collection
​Professional Portfolio: Reflective Statements of Competence
CDA Credential Process Review​
Unit 8 Evaluation Form
​Wrapping it Up!

• Unit 8 Synopsis and Checklist

This Unit is designed to provide an overview of growth and development in infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. As an early childhood educator an awareness of the developmental ages and stages is important in understanding the abilities of children and forming reasonable expectations of children’s behavior and skills. Your role as an early childhood educator is to observe the child and plan activities and interactions based on their current level of development while facilitating the child’s learning to the next developmental stage.  

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You're starting Unit 8 of the CDA Training.

This course is designed to meet the educational requirements for the National CDA Credential.  Once you complete all 8 Units, you will have the required formal education to apply for a Child Development Associate Credential.

This training may, or may not, meet annual training requirements in your state. Please provide us with your state, and any State registry ID number at the end of each Unit, and if we are able to record your completed training with your state, we will. In some cases, for annual state credit, you will need to submit the certificate to the appropriate registry and they may or may not award annual credit. The training is approved for the National CDA Credential regardless of whether annual continuing education credit is awarded. ​

(Unit 8) Understanding Principles of Child Development and Learning (15 hours)