Title: Pediatric Teaching/Learning Project - Worth 30 Points
Course: NUR 1411C Nursing for the Family Part 2 > Section: General Course Assignments

The assignment focuses on principles of teaching and learning/anticipatory guidance to positively impact an issue affecting children and their families. State a measurable goal that you would like to achieve with the target group.

Submit Topical Outline including the following:
- Select a specific age-group of children or parent group with whom you could spend teaching time.
- (toddlers, preschoolers, school-age, adolescents, parents)  Indicate why you chose this audience to address.
- Choose a health related topic area that you think would be beneficial to address with your audience. Why did you choose this topic for this audience? State a measurable goal that you would like to achieve with the target group.  Presentations should be 30 minutes in length and have at least 10 participants.
- Research the topic area you have selected.  List and attach two current healthcare resources (no older than 3 years),
- from either an internet site or from nursing literature.
- If you plan your teaching project to address with children, keep the developmental stage in mind.  Ie What activities, interests, cognitive skills, attention span, what retention capabilities (how will they remember the information as you have presented it) does the age group you are to teach, possess?
- Develop a handout or other teaching aids suitable for client education. If the children are very young, follow up material for parents or teachers might be important.
- Submit outline at least two weeks prior to presentation.

Presentation of Topic

Implement your project by arranging to conduct an actual teaching/learning session with an identified target group.
- Provide presentation materials including your teaching tools and techniques.  Include pictures or videos of the actual presentation. In a three to four page write, describe your project, include reasons for choosing topic and this age group. You will also need to describe your preparation of materials, and your overall experience in presenting this topic and this audience.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of your presentation and changes you would employ if repeating the project.
- Discuss factors that worked towards or against your goal
- Your write up should be in APA format. Both your write up and presentation materials are to be submitted within a week after presentation.

Upload your work in this assignment in Word format (.doc, .docx, or .rtf file).

Points will be awarded as follows:
- Submission of topical outline: 10points
- Presentation Material: 10 points
- Written report: 10 points
- 30 points total

See the grading rubric for more details.