8 Child Development: Early Stages Through Age 12
Exploring
Careers
Child Development: Early Stages Through
Age 12 challenges you to plan for the
future—and provides the information you
need to make sound career decisions.
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Making Career
Decisions
After studying this chapter, you will be able to
identify
steps in self-assessment.
explain
how to research careers and develop a career plan.
describe
how to fi nd a job.
describe careers in child-related fi elds.
explain
how personal and professional qualifi cations affect
your career choice.
identify
skills needed for job success.
Terms to Know
As you read the chapter, write
a letter to yourself. Imagine
that you will receive this letter
in a few years when you
are working at your future
job. What would you like to
remember from this chapter?
In the letter, list key points
from the chapter that will be
useful in your future career.
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Interactive Activity
Learn more about preparing
for a career by completing the
Read, Discuss, and Analyze
Activity for Chapter 26 at
g-wlearning.com.
Reading
Advantage
lifestyle
self-assessment
values
aptitudes
abilities
career clusters
personal plan of study
career plan
goals
resources
networking
résumé
cover letter
references
portfolio
direct intervention
consultants
licensing personnel
entrepreneur
personal qualifi
cations
career burnout
leader
professional qualifi
cations
work ethic
codes of professional ethics
formal leadership
informal leaders
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Part Three
Infants
What adults say and how they
act affect babies’ fears. Adults who
act or look fearful in a storm, for
example, will cause children to
be fearful. Adults who tell babies
that many situations can hurt them
teach children to fear. Of course,
some fear is good. However, too
much fear is not healthy. Fear affects
motor and mental development
because fearful babies often will not
welcome new experiences.
Anxiety
Anxiety
is fear of a possible
future event. Sometimes the words
worry
and concern
are used to
describe anxiety.
The fi
rst anxiety of an infant is
called
separation
anxiety, 10-5. This
anxiety, or fear that loved ones who
leave them will not return, is seen
around eight months of age. The
anxiety peaks between 10 and 18
months, and then fades a great deal
by two years. What causes these
changes? It is due to changes in
mental abilities.
Very young babies have not yet
become attached to certain people.
They do not realize caregivers are
10-5
Older babies may fi nd it hard to separate from their parents, even at bedtime.
Adoption coordinators facilitate the placement
of children for adoption. They conduct home
studies and monitor children throughout the
adoption process. They must also possess a
working knowledge of state laws as they relate
to adoption.
Education:
A bachelor’s or master’s degree in
the human services fi eld.
Job Outlook:
Employment for social workers is
expected to grow much faster than the average
for all occupations.
Adoption Coordinator
Chapter 26, Making Career
Decisions, explains how to develop a
career plan based on your interests,
aptitudes, and abilities. You will learn
about exploring careers through
the career clusters—16 general
groupings of occupational and career
areas. The chapter also includes how
to develop a résumé and prepare for
successful job interviews. You will
also identify skills needed for working
in child-related fi elds and achieving
career success.
Part Three
Infants
f r is good However too
Career clusters icons throughout the
text identify child-related occupations.
Each chapter features one occupation
and highlights the typical job duties,
education needed, and job outlook.