London School of Childcare Studies

NCFE CACHE Level 2 Award in an Introduction to Neuroscience in Early Years

About this qualification

Course Overview

Finding your way around

Assignments

Submitting your assignments

Learning Objectives

1.1 Defining Neuroscience

1.1.1 The History of Neuroscience

1.1.2 The Nervous System

1.1.3 The Limbic System

Activity 1.1 Making a brain

1.2.1 The First Trimester

1.2.2 The Second Trimester

1.2.3 The Third Trimester

1.3 Birth to 7 Years

1.3.1 Neural Connectivity

1.3.2 Factors Affecting Early Brain Development

Limbic system quiz

Activity 1.2 - The first 1000 days

NS01 - Useful Resources

Where there any errors or problems in Module 1?

2 Learning Outcomes

2.0 What is the Nervous System?

2.1 The Neuron

2.2 Understanding Synaptogenesis

Where there any errors or problems in Module 2?

3 Learning Outcomes

3.1 The social brain

3.2.1 Development of the social brain

3.2.2 Development of the social brain - Language

3.3 Relationships

3 Useful resources and references

Where there any errors or problems in Module 3?

Unit 2 overview

4 Introduction

Activity 4.1 Good-enough parenting

4.2.1 Self Regulation

Activity 4.2 PSED assessment

Video Supporting Self-regulation

4.2.2 Self Regulation

4.2.3 Self-regulation

4.2.3.1 Still face experiment video

4.2.4 Self regulation

4.2.5 Self Regulation

4.3 Understanding Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

4.4 Co-Regulation

4 Useful resources and references

Where there any errors or problems in Module 4?