General Information

Aim of the Program

Providing services to the child, family, educator and society in supporting the development and skill areas of children who are 0-18 years of normal development, with special needs, who are in need of protection and at risk, can evaluate their mental, language, motor, social, emotional development and self-care skills. To raise child developers.

Target of the Program

• Knowing the importance of healthy development and education of children and young people who will shape the future of the country,
• Use advanced theoretical and applied knowledge / skills in the field of Child Development in the fields of care and education,
• Aware of professional responsibilities and ethical values,
• Ability to follow scientific research in the field of Child Development, health and education, technologies and policies that direct the health and education of the child,
• Identify problems in the field of Child Development and support solution production,
• Open to innovative thoughts, conscious about values, careful, creative and critical thinking skills,
• Adopting lifelong learning, can improve itself in the professional field,
• Effective oral and written communication,
• Being sensitive to social events and taking individual responsibility,
• Can play a sufficient and effective role in the education and health team,
• To raise Child Developers who respect the differences and human rights.

Career Opportunities

Child Development department graduates;

• In the Ministry of Health (Hospitals, Public Health, Community Health, Family Health, Healthy Life Centers etc.), making evaluations regarding the development of child development services; In collaboration with the relevant person and branch to produce plans, programs and projects and 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.), the child developers are responsible for determining the development levels of children living in the service area and monitoring their development. It conducts professional studies for the solution of its problems; Prepares and implements programs for children in the center, using professional techniques and methods, and in the preparation of the necessary material; Child Developers who will work in the children's homes are responsible for carrying out the professional studies related to the care and upbringing necessary for the adaptation of the child, who is accepted to the children's home by the coordination center. In line with the age, disability, interests and needs of each child, they prepare and implement educational programs related to their physical, mental, emotional and social development. Provided that the Child Development and Child Development Experts complete the family counseling training program organized by universities, professional associations or chambers or non-governmental or public institutions, in accordance with the determined standards,
• In the Ministry of National Education (Private Education Institutions and Guidance and Research Centers, private kindergartens, nurseries, kindergartens, etc.),
• As academic staff in associate, undergraduate and graduate education staff at universities,
• Children and Youth Centers,
• Public Education Centers,
• General Directorate of Security (Child branch directorate / office supervisor etc.),
• They can work at Uniféf, Ilo and voluntary organizations (NGOs) as project producers, executives and consultants.
• They can find the opportunity to work as a consultant in children's magazines, theaters, toy making.

 

Future of the Department

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.

Who Should Choose

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.

Working Places

Child Development department graduates;

• In the Ministry of Health (Hospitals, Public Health, Community Health, Family Health, Healthy Life Centers etc.), making evaluations regarding the development of child development services; In collaboration with the relevant person and branch to produce plans, programs and projects and 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.), the child developers are responsible for determining the development levels of children living in the service area and monitoring their development. It conducts professional studies for the solution of its problems; Prepares and implements programs for children in the center, using professional techniques and methods, and in the preparation of the necessary material; Child Developers who will work in the children's homes are responsible for carrying out the professional studies related to the care and upbringing necessary for the adaptation of the child, who is accepted to the children's home by the coordination center. In line with the age, disability, interests and needs of each child, they prepare and implement educational programs related to their physical, mental, emotional and social development. Provided that the Child Development and Child Development Experts complete the family counseling training program organized by universities, professional associations or chambers or non-governmental or public institutions, in accordance with the determined standards,
• In the Ministry of National Education (Private Education Institutions and Guidance and Research Centers, private kindergartens, nurseries, kindergartens, etc.),
• As academic staff in associate, undergraduate and graduate education staff at universities,
• Children and Youth Centers,
• Public Education Centers,
• General Directorate of Security (Child branch directorate / office supervisor etc.),
• They can work at Uniféf, Ilo and voluntary organizations (NGOs) as project producers, executives and consultants.
• They can find the opportunity to work as a consultant in children's magazines, theaters, toy making.

Programmes allowing Horizontal Transfer

Programmes allowing Vertical Transfer