Thursday, February 21, 2013

The Division of Early Childhood (DEC) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Code of Ethics and my Professional Life: Evidenced Based Practices


The Division of Early Childhood (DEC) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Code of Ethics and my Professional Life: Evidenced Based Practices 

The CEC’s DEC Code of Ethics, Evidence Based Practices’ second principle states that early childhood professionals should “use every resource, including referral when appropriate, to ensure high quality services are accessible and are provided to children and families.” 

This principle is part of my professional life because there are times when there is a child in my class who needs resources that the teacher and I can’t provide because we are not trained to provide these resources. For example, one student in our class has been identified as needing speech services and perhaps other special education services. It is our responsibility to ensure that this student is assessed for these services. It is also my responsibility according to this principle to research ways to help children who need extra help by talking with the speech therapist and by reading articles about appropriate instruction. This is especially true because there is very little time for a child with speech needs spent in speech therapy. Most of this child’s time will continue to be spent in the classroom.

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