Child and Adolescent Learners and Learning Principles This course deals with the study of the patterns of human development especially focusing on the cognitive, biological, social, moral and emotional development of the child and adolescent learners.

1. PRE NATAL DEVELOPMENT

2. OBJECTIVES: BY THE END OF THE MODULE,
THE STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO:
* TRACE THE COURSE OF PRENATAL
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS;
* EXPLAIN THE MOST COMMON HAZARDS OF
PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; AND
* BECOME MORE APPRECIATIVE OF THE
GIFT OF LIFE.

5. 1.What are your feeling
and reactions about
what you read?
2. Do you agree that what
is developing in the
womb is just a mere
blob of tissue?

6. WATCH THIS VIDEO ABOUT “HOW A
WONDER IS BORN.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izOa3-AX8zQ

7. Teratology and
Hazards to Prenatal
Development

8. Teratology is the field that
investigates the causes of
congenital (birth) defects. A
teratogen is that which causes
birth defects. It coines from the
Greek word "tera" which means
"monster"

9. clusters of hazards to pre-natal
development
1. Prescription and
nonprescription drugs

10. 2. Psychoactive drugs

11. 3. Environmental hazards

12. 4. Other maternal factors such as
Rubella (German Measles),
syphilis, genital herpes, AIDS,
nutrition, high anxiety and stress,
age, (too early or too late, beyond
30)

14. Paternal factors -
Fathers'exposure to lead,
radiation, certain pesticides and
petrochemicals may cause
abnormalities sperm that lead to
miscarriage or diseases such as
childhood
cancer.

15. As in the case of older mothers,
older fathers also may place
their offspring at risk for certain
defects. (Santrock, 20A2)