Spring 2027

Infant/toddler Development & Group Care

Explores infant/toddler development milestones from conception to 36 months and evaluates child care access, quality, and real-time observation of infant development.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.82 GPA, 90.3% A/AB (n=31 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.84 GPA, 94.3% A/AB (n=35 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.88 GPA, 97.5% A/AB (n=40 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify and recognize the major milestones of infant development in each of the following domains: physical, motor, social-emotional, cognitive, and language and objectively observe infant development in “real time.”

  • Illustrate the cultural influences on the ways families choose to care for infants and toddlers and describe the major philosophical approaches to group care.

  • Identify factors that influence the disproportionally high infant and maternal mortality rates in the U.S. based on demographic factors such as race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and region.

  • Identify the main components of high-quality infant care programs and articulate how high-quality infant/toddler care has the potential to positively affect the developmental outcomes of children, the lives of families, and society overall.

  • Use an observational rating scale to measure the quality of an infant/toddler group care setting and critique the rating scale based on knowledge of factors that have been shown to promote optimal developmental outcomes in young children.

  • Identify ecological influences that affect the availability of affordable, high quality infant care for families in the U.S.

  • Recognize the benefits of inclusive practice for infants and toddlers with disabilities, special needs, challenging behavior, or mental health challenges in the group care setting and identify supports needed by the field to successfully employ these inclusive practices.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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HDFS 262(or HDFS 362 prior to Fall 2023),ED PSYCH 320, or PSYCH 460

HDFS 462

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Professors

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.82 GPA, 90.3% A/AB (n=31 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.84 GPA, 94.3% A/AB (n=35 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.88 GPA, 97.5% A/AB (n=40 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Developmental milestones from conception to 36 months across physical, motor, social-emotional, cognitive, and language domains.
  • Child care access, quality, and ecological influences on the availability of affordable, high-quality infant care.
  • Demographic factors influencing infant and maternal mortality rates in the U.S.
  • Inclusive practices for infants and toddlers with disabilities, special needs, or behavioral challenges in group care.

Skills

  • Objectively observing infant development in real-time across physical, motor, social-emotional, cognitive, and language domains.
  • Using observational rating scales to measure and critique the quality of infant/toddler group care settings.
  • Describing cultural influences on family care choices and major philosophical approaches to group care.
  • Identifying demographic factors influencing infant and maternal mortality rates in the U.S.

Grades

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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HDFS 462 · Spring 2027

Infant/Toddler Development & Group Care

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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