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.