The Pediatric Toy Project

The Pediatric Toy Project

Task: You are a research nurse working in a child development clinic. You’ve been tasked with creating a toy that is appropriate to use in an upcoming research study about the use of developmentally appropriate toys for play and their impact on child development.

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Choose an age group that you’d like to learn more about:

Newborn and Infant

Toddler

Preschooler

School-Age Child

Adolescent

Deliverable: You are to spend no more than 8 hours on this project. You can only use items that are found around your house/dorm room. Apply professional knowledge of growth and development principles to develop a developmentally appropriate toy for an age group of your choosing. You must use at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed articles to support the creation of your toy. Take into consideration the following developmental milestones when designing your toy:

The Pediatric Toy Project

• Gross and Fine Motor Skills
• Sensory Development
• Cognitive Development
• Psychosocial Development
• Communication and Language Development
• Social and Emotional Development
• Safety

You will present your toy during the clinical conference including a demonstration of how your toy works. ,Students will critique and discuss each other’s toys during this time and provide feedback related to developmental appropriateness and safety (using a feedback tool).,

You will prepare a one-page written summary discussing the process of creating the toy how your toy meets the developmental milestones of the age group and a summary of the evidence that supports your toy.,

A grading rubric will be used for summative evaluation of this activity and to determine if the following competencies have been met:,

The Pediatric Toy Project

• Apply developmentally appropriate principles when providing care to the pediatric client  (Week 1 Learning Objective 2),
  • Application of critical thinking skills to apply principles of growth and development as it relates to age-appropriate activities for the child,
  • Application of critical thinking skills to apply principles of growth and development as it relates to client safety,