UNIT TITLE:                  Being a Parent

LEARNING OUTCOMES

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

(Understanding, skills, knowledge to be learned)

(Standards of achievement against which outcomes will be measured)

The learner will be able to:

The learner has achieved this because (s)he can:

1. Recognise key responsibilities of parenthood.

1. Recognise how to access childcare services.

1. Recognise the changes which parenthood brings.

1. Recognise strategies to cope with parenthood.

• Identify at least 3 key responsibilities of being a parent.

2.1 Produce a simple directory of telephone numbers                                   for at least 5 childcare services.

2.2 Simulate the use of a telephone to contact a            childcare service.

2.3 In a given scenario, use appropriate assertiveness skills.

• State the main areas of change when becoming a parent (e.g. material, relationships, routine)
• Identify the effects of changes in 2 areas.

4.1  Identify main coping strategies used in being a     parent.

4.2  Identify appropriate coping strategies in at least 2 given scenarios.