CHCECE035 - Support the holistic learning and development of children

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
• support the holistic learning and development of two children of different ages by creating and implementing experiences that collectively provide opportunities for development in the following areas:
• physical
• social
• emotional
• cognitive
• communication
• perform the activities outlined in the performance criteria of this unit during a period of at least 160 hours of work in a regulated children’s education and care service in Australia.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
• requirements of the National Quality Standard and related regulations and laws applicable to this unit including:
• children’s health and safety
• educational program and practice
• physical environment
• relationships with children
• how childhood development links to the learning framework used in the service
• authoritative and credible sources of information about childhood development, including the Australian Early Development Census
• importance of curiosity and discovery as positive learning dispositions
• child development theory:
• early brain development and importance for future educational success
• major developmental milestones from birth to 6 years:
• cognitive
• communication
• emotional
• physical
• social
• how the different developmental domains are interrelated and how this informs a holistic approach
• influences on development
• variations in development
• development in the context of inclusive practice
• other theories of early childhood learning
• physiological responses experienced by children when responding to situations:
• crying
• tension
• increased heart rate
• shortness of breath
• principles of literacy development:
• learning sounds, words and language
• patterns of repetition
• rhyming and mimicking
• pre-reading skills
• early writing skills
• aspects and impacts of the following in early childhood development:
• poor diet
• lack of play
• limited stimulation of brain development
• lack of materials and resources
• inconsistent or non-existent emotional support or comfort
• trauma
• child abuse
• family violence
• other life experiences which interrupt appropriate childhood activities, and their potential long-term harmful impacts
• the curriculum planning cycle and process and how it is based on child development
• strategies used in children’s education and care to support children’s development across all the developmental domains
• symbol systems:
• letters
• numbers
• time
• money
• musical notation
• service standards, policies and procedures for:
• children’s health and safety
• educational program and practice
• physical environment
• relationships with children.