#4
"We shall serve as advocates for children with disabilities and their families and for the professional who serve them by supporting both policy and programmatic decisions that enhance the quality of their lives."Being a advocate for the children, families and professionals is the main factor that helps are children. By following all policies in place to help them empower the skills they need to adjust to life and to move from one step to another in growth. Being an advocate for children in our program, we provide support in all areas of the child from nutrition, education, health, family support, mental health, referrals, and overall policies and procedures to make sure all of this is met for each individual family and child.
#6
"We shall build relationships with individual children and families while individualizing the curriculum and learning environments to facilitate young children's development and learning"Building relationships starts from the time the family enrolls in the program. At that time they meet with the social service advocate, and after completion of application the teacher sits down with each individual family and child and discuss what the parent wants for the child in our program and then the child begins coming to school. However,before the child's first day the teachers prepare for the children to enter the classroom by setting up the environment to meet the needs of each individual child and welcome families in at anytime to volunteer their time to the program and growth of their child. All of this builds the relationship with the staff and other co-workers and building relationships is the first step to learning.
Part II #2
"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."We advocate for this by having a meeting with the family as a group, once they have completed the application process. This meeting is called a multi-disciplinary team meeting to meet the need of the child. Together the teacher, social service advocate, nurse, mental health consultant and center manager meet with the family to discuss the child's current level and together they develop goals for the child and family to improve the whole child and family. These are policies that are in place and must be adhere. As an advocate for children, I love the process and it provides the families with a sense of security that we will keep their child safe and provide for all their needs. The policies are reviewed regular to meet any changes that is suitable for all disabilities that are encountered.
