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Code of Ethics

Just like with any job, there is a code of ethics that we must follow when working with children. NAEYC and the Division for Early Childhood has provided us with several principles and ideals to follow while working with young children and their families. Below I will list three ideals that I feel are significant to me and why.

I-1.1—To be familiar with the knowledge base of early childhood care and education and to stay informed through continuing education and training.

- The world that we live in continue to change. More information and new ways of doing things come available. This ideal is meaningful to me because I feel that we should be in formed and up-to-date on the knowledge in our filed in order to effectively serve young children and their families. 

I-1.3—To recognize and respect the unique qualities, abilities, and potential of each child.

-This ideal is meaningful to me because just like adults, children are their own person, and they learn in different ways. Not every child is the same and we as care providers should take the time out to know the children we work with individually, to know their strengths and weaknesses.  If we do not know the child how can we expect them to learn and grow. 

I-2.2—To develop relationships of mutual trust and create partnerships with the families we serve.

-This ideal is meaningful to me because how can someone trust you with their child if they can not trust you. I've learned through our readings this semester that in order to fully get to the child, you have to start with the family.

NAEYC. (2005, April). Code of ethical conduct and statement of commitment. Retrieved May 26, 2010, fromhttp://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/PSETH05.pdf
The Division for Early Childhood. (2000, August). Code of ethics. Retrieved May 26, 2010, fromhttp://www.dec-sped.org/

Course Resource Section

This week in our course we learned about resources and why they are important. Resources are good to go to for factual information and they are your go to guide when you need information. Resources can be people, books, articles, or websites. We need resources because we do not know everything. Here I am going to list the resources that we used for our course this week plus three additional articles I read this week.

Video: Laureate Education, Inc. (2010). The resources for early childhood. Baltimore: Author.

NAEYC. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/dap

NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on child abuse prevention. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ChildAbuseStand.pdf

NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on school readiness. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Readiness.pdf

NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on responding to linguistic and cultural diversity. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/diversity.pdf

NAEYC. (2003). Early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation: Building an effective, accountable system in programs for children birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/pscape.pdf

NAEYC. (2009, April). Early childhood inclusion: A summary. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/DEC_NAEYC_ECSummary_A.pdf

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://community.fpg.unc.edu/sites/community.fpg.unc.edu/files/imce/documents/FPG_Snapshot_N33_EvidenceBasedPractice_09-2006.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.

Article: UNICEF (n.d.). Fact sheet: A summary of the rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.unicef.org/crc/files/Rights_overview.pdf

World Forum Foundation

http://worldforumfoundation.org/wf/wp/about-us

World Organization for Early Childhood Education

http://www.omep-usnc.org/

Association for Childhood Education International

http://acei.org/

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/

Websites

http://www.wested.org/cs/we/print/docs/we/home.htm

Harvard Education Letter

http://www.hepg.org/hel/topic/85

FPG Child Development Institute

http://www.fpg.unc.edu/

Administration for Children and Families Headstart's National Research Conference

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hsrc/

HighScope

http://www.highscope.org/

Children's Defense Fund

http://www.childrensdefense.org/

Center for Child Care Workforce

http://www.ccw.org/

Council for Exceptional Children

http://www.cec.sped.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/

Pre[K]Now

http://www.pewstates.org/projects/pre-k-now-328067

Voices for America's Children

http://www.voices.org/

The Erikson Institute

http://www.erikson.edu/

Journals

YC Young Children

Childhood

Journal of Child & Family Studies

Child Study Journal

Multicultural Education

Early Childhood Education Journal

Journal of Early Childhood Research

International Journal of Early Childhood

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Developmental Psychology

Social Studies

Maternal & Child Health Journal

International Journal of Early Years Education

Additional Resources

• National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. (2010). Early Experiences Can Alter Gene Expression and Affect Long-Term Development: Working Paper No. 10. Retrieved from: http://www.developingchild.net
• http://rems.ed.gov/docs/SAMHSA_HelpingYoungChildrenFamiliesCope.pdf
• http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/01/12/talking-cure