Examination should include
- the stage of “being” and the acquisition of trust
- the stage of “doing,” exploration, learning, and feeling unconditional love from parents
- characteristics of physical, social, emotional, cognitive, language, and moral development.
Process/Skill Questions
Thinking
- How can an established sense of trust allow the 6–12-month-old to explore with confidence and safety?
- How can you demonstrate unconditional love?
Communication
- In what ways can the adolescent parent communicate to the newborn that he/she is loved and willingly cared for?
- How can providing sensitive, consistent responses to the baby’s physical and emotional needs create a level of trust for the newborn?
Leadership
- How can feeding time provide an excellent opportunity to stimulate development?
- How do a newborn’s reflexes help him or her respond to the new environment outside the mother’s womb?
- How does a secure environment help a child grow through stranger and separation anxiety?
Management
- How does a daily schedule of providing physical care for the infant provide opportunities to stimulate the infant cognitively, socially, morally, and emotionally?
- How can a mother use a newborn’s rooting reflex to help him/her get started on a feeding?
- How can a parent stimulate the development of a three-month-old to a year-old child?