Professional Thanks

The two colleagues that I would like to thank are Abigail Baker and Savannah Helsbury. Both of these ladies blogs have been so encouraging to me. The creativity of their blogs are also a great touch!

Words of Inspiration and Motivation

 Three ideals contained in the NAEYC and DEC codes of ethics that are meaningful to you, and explain their significance to your professional life.

• Appreciate childhood as a unique and valuable stage of the human life cycle

• • Appreciate and support the bond between the child and family

• Respect the dignity, worth, and uniqueness of each individual (child, family member, and colleague)

These three ideals are meaningful to me because they are vital in my life of work when dealing with both children and their families. These ideals keep me grounded and mindful of what the families that I work with are going through. They play a huge significance in my life because I was once in foster care as a very young child. I was not there long, and my grandmother took over custody of my brother and I. I don't really remember it, but my brother does. I guess that is where the strong passion for serving families and children, particularly in the child welfare system.

  

Course Resources

Some course resources that I feel would be beneficial to anyone working or seeking to get into the early childhood development field are as follows:

Early Childhood Curriculum, Assessment, and Program Evaluation. Building an Effective, Accountable System in Programs for Children Birth through Age 8. (2003). National Association for the Education of Young Children. 

NAEYC. (2003) Early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation. http://naeyc.org

NAEYC. (2009) Early childhood inclusion. Retrieved from http://naeyc.org

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

FPG Child Development Institute (2006). Evidence based practice empowers early childhood professionals and families. http:community.fpg.unc.edu

World Forum Foundation

http://worldforumfoundation.org

World Organization for Early Childhood Education

http:www.omep-usnc.org

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

3 additional sources

www.childnet.us

http://www.chrysalishealth.com/

https://www.camelotcommunitycare.org/