CHILD DEVELOPMENT

Assessing the mental, language, motor, social, emotional development and self-care skills of children 0-18 years of age who are normally developing, with special needs, in need of protection and under risk, and providing services to children, families, educators and society in supporting all development and skill areas To raise a Child Developmentalist.

Children are the future and most valuable assets of a society. Successes in maternal and child health, both in our country and in maternal and child health all over the world, are increasing day by day. The child development profession is very important in terms of developmental screening and detailed evaluation of the cognitive, social and emotional, language and motor development of children aged 0-18, monitoring their developmental processes and developmentally supporting children, providing counseling to the individuals who care for the child, and creating healthy generations.

• Child Development department graduates;
• Making evaluations regarding the development of child development services in the Ministry of Health (Hospitals, Public Health, Community Health, Family Health, Healthy Life Centers etc.); To work in cooperation with the relevant person and branch in order to produce plans, programs and projects and to implement them, and to create opportunities for internal and external cooperation,
• In the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services (General Directorate of Child Services, Children's Houses, Family Counseling Centers, etc.), a child developer is responsible for determining the development levels of children living in the service area and monitoring their development. Carries out professional studies for the solution of problems; Prepares and applies programs for children in the center using professional techniques and methods, and prepares the necessary material; Child Developers who will work in children's homes are responsible for conducting professional work related to the care and upbringing required for the adaptation of the child admitted to the children's home by the coordination center. They prepare and implement educational programs related to the physical, mental, emotional and social development of each child in line with their age, disability, interests and needs. Child Development Specialists and Child Development Specialists, provided that they complete the family counseling training program in accordance with the standards set by universities, professional associations or chambers, non-governmental or public institutions,
• In the Ministry of National Education (Special Education Institutions and Guidance and Research Centers, private kindergartens, kindergartens, kindergartens, etc.),

Child Development is a health graduate department, as in all other health departments, it is one of the basic conditions that must be human love. Anyone who is suitable for teamwork with other health and child-related professions can choose this profession.