Intended audience:

Beginning childcare professionals who will have to talk with parents about research-based parenting techniques.

Select one children’s growth and development theory from the choices below:

• John Bowlby’s Attachment theory
• Piaget Constructivist theory
• Vygotsky’s Sociocultural theory
• Erikson’s theory of Psychosocial Development
• Bronfenbrenner’s Bioecological Theory of Development

1. Outline the theorist’s perspective on children’s growth and development from birth to 5 years of age. 
   • Describe at  least 3 parenting techniques from birth to 5 years of age that are  supportive of the theorist’s perspective on fostering a child’s  development. Please see the grading rubric for additional  details. Three techniques are the basis for an average grade and are not  considered exemplary. 
     • Content  should be presented and organized in a visually pleasing manner. Use  clip- art/images to break up text. Do not use a black background.
2. Support your work with 3 or more authoritative sources. (Please see the grading rubric for additional information on how your work will be graded.) Include  citations on the appropriate slides and a full reference slide at the  end of your presentation using APA format. (For assistance with APA  formatting, please see the APA Style Guide in the APUS Library.