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| Swedish title | Barnets hjärna: utveckling i samspel mellan neuronala nätverk, kroppen och omgivningen |
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| English title | Early Child Development: Extended Interactions Between Neural Networks, Body and Environment |
| Course number | 5255 |
| Credits | 1.5 |
| Responsible KI department | Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa |
| Specific entry requirements | Course #3220 Basic Human Neuroscience at KI or corresponding knowledge (basic knowledge about brain development and child neurodevelopment) |
| Grading | Passed /Not passed |
| Established by | The Committee for Doctoral Education |
| Established | 2023-09-07 |
| Purpose of the course | This 5-module program (one per day) builds on top of the current best research and understanding of neurodevelopment in early childhood as a process that emerges from the interplay between brain networks, body, and environment. As well as the latest advancements in their implications for atypical developmental trajectories, clinical assessment methods, and early intervention strategies. Understanding neurodevelopment in children during the first years of life requires zooming out and considering how brain functions are built and how experience mediates this process. The main purpose of this course is to provide students with the fundamental concepts of early child neurodevelopment as a process that emerges from the interplay between extended brain-body networks into the world. Besides, the course will focus on the importance of early clinical assessment of neurodevelopment, follow-up, and intervention strategies in high-risk children. The course will focus on the clinical aspects of child neurodevelopment and is not considering the basic knowledge (pre-clinical models, embryology, genetics, anatomy) of brain development. The focus will be on the translational research into clinical practice. |
| Intended learning outcomes | By the end of the course the student should be able to:
• Demonstrate critical understanding of how early child neurodevelopment emerges from the interplay between different modes and different time scales of extended brain-body networks into the world. • Apply theory to practice demonstrating advanced reasoning skills in the assessment of how brain functions are built and how experience mediates this process. • Describe how clinical follow-up programs, early interventions, and policies can support children’s development |
| Contents of the course | This course will cover 5 modules over 5 days;
1) The development of brain networks: continuous feedback from the body and the environment 2) From motor abilities to abstract thinking 3) Connections between aberrant developmental processes and neurodevelopmental disorders 4) Early evaluation, follow-up and repair strategies 5) Future directions: advanced neuroimaging data analytic approaches and integration with biological measures |
| Teaching and learning activities | Lectures by invited national and international experts on the field, seminars, work in groups, students’ presentations. There will also be time every day for literature review and preparation for the examination seminar. |
| Compulsory elements | All lectures and seminars are compulsory. Absence from a lecture or seminar can be compensated for by a written assignment. |
| Examination | The students should demonstrate their knowledge, skills and critical understanding included in the intended learning outcomes stated above in a concluding examination seminar at the end of the last day and in discussions during the course. They should also reflect on the aspects that are relevant for their own research in discussions. |
| Literature and other teaching material | The course organizers will prepare relevant research papers and reviews that will be distributed in advance of the course. | Course responsible |
Maria Örtqvist Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa maria.ortqvist@ki.se |
| Contact person |
Maria Örtqvist Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa maria.ortqvist@ki.se Ulrika Åden Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa ulrika.aden@ki.se Nelly Padilla Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa nelly.padilla@ki.se |
