CACHE Level 3 Award/Certificate/Diploma in Child Care and ...

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Level 3 Award, Level 3 Certificate and Level 3 Diploma in Child
Care and Education Course Handbook
Unit 2 Assignment – Development from conception to
age 16 years
The assignment provides the assessment for the unit.
The completed assignment MUST be submitted and marked as a whole and not in
separate sections.
Assignment task: What do I have to do?
The whole assignment must be completed in order to achieve the unit.
Select TWO (2) age ranges from the following:
• birth to 3 years
• 3 to 7 years
• 7 to 12 years
• 12 to 16 years
1. For each selected age range, give a description of how children develop in TWO (2) of
the following areas:
• physical development
• communication and language development
• intellectual development and learning
• social and emotional development
• behavioural development
2. Select TWO (2) theoretical perspectives which relate to the chosen areas of
development
• Explain how these theoretical perspectives relate to the areas of development
• Evaluate how these theoretical perspectives may influence practice which affects
the development of children
3. For ONE (1) of the chosen age ranges carry out THREE (3) observations on the same
child. Include the THREE (3) observations in an appendix to the assignment:
• select ONE (1) area of the child's development from the list above to observe in
the three observations
• use a different technique for each observation
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