
What is emotional addiction? This question arises as we discuss the issues pertinent to early childhood development. This child psychology course helps you make sense of the role of emotions and attachment bonds in early childhood development. We examine various childhood emotional disorders and their signs and symptoms before explaining the healing process. We describe the effects of emotional neglect in early childhood and explain how to build a secure attachment bond. Parents, preschool teachers and counselors can use this course to help children develop.
| Course Category | Early Childhood Education, Education |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • List the key elements and types of basic emotions • Analyze the source of emotions in human beings • Illustrate how attachment disorders present themselves • Summarize the nature of emotional disorders in young children • Define ‘emotion’ and the concept of emotional addiction • Indicate why emotions are an essential part of human decision-making • Identify cases of emotional addiction in early childhood or later • Explain emotional addiction through attachment theory • Outline the causes of attachment disorders among young children • Recognize how attachment style can impact emotional addiction in children • Discuss the connection between childhood trauma and emotional addiction • Describe how people can build secure attachment bonds with their baby |
| Course Code | 6235 |



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