Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to create a presentation for a parent education night in order to share strategies to help parents support and encourage developmental milestones in infants and toddlers.
Directions: For this week’s assignment, you will create an 8-slide PowerPoint presentation sharing strategies with parents to support and encourage milestones in three developmental areas: cognitive, social/emotional, and physical.
Please include speaker notes on each slide. The speaker notes area is a text box located beneath each slide. The purpose of the speaker notes is to elaborate on each bullet point listed on the slide. Typically, provide at least one sentence for each bullet point. These notes are used by the speaker when giving the presentation.
Instructions:
Using the Unit 6 Assignment Template and the resources from the unit, please use the following format for your presentation:
Slide 1: Title SlideCreate a title for your presentation.
Include your own name, course number/section, and the date.
Slide 2: AgendaThis provides an outline of your PowerPoint presentation. You will bullet point your slide titles to create your agenda/outline of your presentation.
Slide 3: IntroductionDefine the three areas of development that will be covered in this presentation.
Slide 4: Cognitive DevelopmentIdentify 4–6 strategies parents can use at home to facilitate and support cognitive development in infants and toddlers.
Slide 5: Social/Emotional DevelopmentIdentify 4–6 strategies parents can use at home to facilitate and support social/emotional development in infants and toddlers.
Slide 6: Physical DevelopmentIdentify 4–6 strategies parents can use at home to facilitate and support physical development in infants and toddlers.
Slide 7: ConclusionDescribe what is meant by developmentally appropriate.
Explain to parents how these strategies are developmentally appropriate.
Provide a brief explanation to parents of the importance of using these strategies at home to help children reach developmental milestones.
Slide 8: ReferencesInclude all sources of your information in APA format.
Assignment Guidelines
Please be sure to cite any additional sources using APA formatting. You will want to use a full reference for your text (which is provided in the template) and any other resources you have used. Your full references should be listed alphabetically on the reference slide. Two academic sources are required.