“NAEYC Code of Ethics”

Ethical Responsibilities to Children

I: 1-10: To ensure that each child’s culture, language, ethnically, and family structure are recognized and valued in the program.

 My thoughts: It is important to treat each child as an individual and respect the diversity of each. I believe in order to provide the highest quality of services is to be knowledgeable of the child’s history and incorporate appropriate activities and changes to the environment to make the child feel a part of the programs community.

 
Ethical Responsibilities to Families

I: 2-9: To participate in building support networks for families by providing them with opportunities to interact with program staff, other families’ community resources, and professional services.

My Thoughts: When you have strong professional relationships with families and provide resources both within the program and the community you will create a “village” of people that will work together for the good of the children. This is why parent volunteers, meetings, workshops and conferences are important. In order to provide professional services parents want and need we should offer them the provide parent questionnaires or surveys to get their suggestions, and feedback. By during this we will be able to plan and implement services that will best meet the needs of families.

 “DEC Code of Ethics”

 II. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PREPARATION is critical to providing the most effective services for young children with disabilities and their families. Professional development is viewed and valued as an ongoing process guided by high standards and competencies for professional performance and practice.

Professionals 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. Finally, professionals continually should seek and interpret evidence based information for planning and implementing individually appropriate learning environments linked to ongoing assessment and collaboration with parents and professional team members.

 

My thoughts: In the program I work at we are required to provide services for children with disabilities. To ensure we are providing services we need to be trained on the rules and regulations that must be followed when serving children with disabilities. We must ensure teaching staff are trained to implement individualized goals for each child, and to seek professional resources in the community to assess and provide services to children.