This document contains competencies and criterion-referenced test items for the Child Development, Care and Guidance semester course in Missouri that were derived from the duties and tasks of the Missouri homemaker and identified and validated by home economics teachers and subject matter specialists. The guide is designed to assist home economics teachers in incorporating the Vocational Instructional Management System (VIMS) into the Child Development, Care and Guidance semester course. The document begins with a 17-item bibliography. Individual competency listings consist of a duty area, task(s), performance objective and criteria, and criterion-referenced test item with answer. Instructional areas covered include the following: describing roles of parents and caregivers in child development; analyzing health concerns and needs at various stages of prenatal development; recognizing physical, social, emotional, and intellectual developmental stages; differentiating types of play; differentiating guidance techniques at developmental stages; distinguishing health concerns at developmental stages; identifying guidelines for creating safe environments; comparing child care options; recognizing careers in child development; identifying types of small businesses; and developing leadership through Future Homemakers of America. (KC)