Explain why you would need to understand the impact that brain development has on the areas listed above and how, as the caregiver, you can utilize this information to provide the best care.

Required Readings
California Department of Education and WestEd, Sacramento. (2012). Infant/Toddler Caregiving: A Guide to Cognitive Development and Learning. (Pages 1-10). Retrieved October 1, 2019,
from https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/documents/pitcguidecogdev2012.pdf
Read Section 1: Pages 1-10
California Department of Education. (2019). Infant/Toddler Learning and Development Program Guidelines.(Chapter Two). Retrieved February 28, 2020 from https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/documents/itguidelines2019.pdf
Read Chapter 2
Parks, L. (2014). Sensorimotor development: Hands-on activities for infants and toddlers. Texas Child Care Quarterly, 37(4), 18–28. Retrieved from https://www.childcarequarterly.com/pdf/spring14_infants.pdf

**ASSIGNMENT**
After completing the assigned week two reading and view your additional resources, discuss the brain and how it impacts each of the following;
Intelligence/cognitive development
physical motor skills
sensory stimulation
social-emotional development
language development
Next, explain why you would need to understand the impact that brain development has on the areas listed above and how, as the caregiver, you can utilize this information to provide the best care.
Finally, discuss how in the course of observing and being responsive to the children in your care, you have a solid understanding of how to best support them as individuals and help meet their needs.
Note: You may utilize additional resources located in the library database to provide you with additional information, if needed. Additionally, you are welcome to create a chart to organize your content.
The paper should be a minimum of three pages using APA
(MUST HAVE cover, abstract, and reference pages).

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