Course Tasks
with Prenatal and Infancy Development
Performance
Activities
1. Read Chapters 1-6
3. Select one from the following reflective
experiences:
Perform a developmental interview with parents with regard to prenatal-infants
Do an observational exercise of individuals from this age group (i.e. daycare)
Watch and monitor reaction to a film with regard to the portrayal of this
age group
Perform a professional interview with a counselor working with this age
group
Shadow a counseling or educational professional in their work with this
age group
Reflective
Task 1
a. Link this response
from
your Chapter readings to the Case Scenario.
Please focus your response to the following topics:
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Developmental Tasks
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Blocks to the developmental process
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Facilitative factors for developmental growth
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Impact on the Counseling Role (What issues will
need to be addressed and how?)
b. Link this response to your personal
reaction to the reflective experience required for each reflective
assignment
c. Share all or part of your reflection for this task with
a colleague, counseling professional, and/or faculty member. Be sure
to clarify that this is not an evaluation of your reflections, but only
a context to better discuss the application of developmental theory to
the counseling process. Link the main points of this dialogue
into your reflective response.
d. Send the completed Reflective
Task to the Instructor no later
than Monday, 11:00 p.m.