Friday, June 15, 2012

NAEYC and DEC Codes of Ethics


·         I-1.8- To support the right of each child to play and learn in an inclusive environment that meets the need of children with and without disabilities.

Teachers have the responsibilities to help meet the needs of all children through play. The teachers’ role for fostering children’s play includes setting up the environment and interacting in ways that enhance the play. Children learn through play and play is a child’s work. Children learn as they play in various learning centers around the classroom and outdoors.

·         I-2.3-To welcome all family members and encourage them to participate in the program.

It is important that early childhood professionals build on the importance of family to children. Parents are vital to the young child’s development, so finding areas of common ground and agreement between parents and education is important.

·         We shall continually be aware of issues challenging the field of early childhood special education and advocate for changes in laws, regulations, and policies leading to improved outcomes and services for young children with disabilities and their families.

Children with disabilities should not be excluded from getting a high quality education. It is critical to providing the most effective services for young children with disabilities and their families. Professional acquire the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to work with a variety of young children with disabilities and their families within natural and inclusive environments promoting children’s overall growth, development and learning, and enhancing family quality of life.


Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Additional Resources


Couchenour, D., & Chrisman, K. (2010, 4th ed). Families, Schools, and Communities: Together for Young Children.

“Many things can wait. Children cannot. Today there are being formed, their blood is being made, and their senses are being developed. To them we cannot say tomorrow. Their name is today.” – Gabriela Mistral

Tomlin, Carolyn (2007), Teaching Beyond the four Walls. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from www.earlychildhoodnews.com/earlychildhood/article_print.aspx?ArticleId=646


Course resources


Position Statement and Influential Practices







Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families. (2010). Infant-toddler policy agenda. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://main.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ter_pub_infanttodller

FPG Child Development Institute. (2006, September). Evidence-based practice empowers early childhood professionals and families. (FPG Snapshot, No. 33). Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~snapshots/snap33.pdf
Turnbull, A., Zuna, N., Hong, J. Y., Hu, X., Kyzar, K., Obremski, S., et al. (2010). Knowledge-to-action guides. Teaching Exceptional Children, 42(3), 42-53.


Global Support for Children's Rights and Well-Being


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World Forum Foundation
http://worldforumfoundation.org/wf/wp/about-us
World Organization for Early Childhood Education
http://www.omep-usnc.org/
Read about OMEP's mission.

Association for Childhood Education International
http://acei.org/


Selected Early Childhood Organizations

National Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.naeyc.org/

The Division for Early Childhood
http://www.dec-sped.org/

Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
http://www.zerotothree.org/


Harvard Education Letter
http://www.hepg.org/hel/topic/85

FPG Child Development Institute
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/main/about.cfm

Administration for Children and Families Head start’s National Research Conference
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hsrc/


Children's Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org/

Center for Child Care Workforce
http://www.ccw.org/


Institute for Women's Policy Research
http://www.iwpr.org/

National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education
http://www.ncrece.org/wordpress/

National Child Care Association
http://www.nccanet.org/

National Institute for Early Education Research
http://nieer.org/


Voices for America's Children
http://www.voices.org/

The Erikson Institute
http://www.erikson.edu/


Friday, May 25, 2012

REFERENCES

Inspirational Quotations on Parenting and Children. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://zona-pellucida.com/inspiration9html

 

Janet Gonzalez-Mena (Child, Family, and Community: Family-Centered Early Care and Education (5th))

 

Perkins-Gough, D. & Zigler, E. (2007). Giving Intervention a Head Start. Educational Leadership, Vol 65 (2), pp.8-14. Retrieved from http://web.edscohost.com

 

Laureate, Education, 92010). The Passion for Early Childhood [Video Podcast]. Retrieved from http://mym.cdn.laureate-media.com/2dett4d/Walden/EDUC/6005/03/mm