UNIT TITLE:                  Being a Parent

LEVEL:                           One

CREDIT VALUE:          2 (10 hour credits)

UNIT CODE:                  HF1/1/TE/027

 


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.