For 1st year to 4th year Early Childhood education courses. Working with Children and Families: Professional, Legal and Ethical Issues is a readable and useable reference that examines ethics in the light of professionalism and legal issues. Each chapter begins with reflection points and students are encouraged to use these points to help monitor their own learning process. Each topic is accompanied by mini case studies or stories to help them ground their reading in their experiences or daily practice, this will enhance their grasp of the concepts, principles and practices relating to professional ethics. This text is designed to stimulate thought, reflection and discussion by helping students and professionals prepare for, or better deal with, those aspects of early childhood education that require ethical judgement on issues and demand the burden of choice.
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This book will provide you with the initial developing knowledge and skills needed to practice ethically and effectively with children and families.
The dilemma to be resolved is how the legal framework, and the legal process, can best reconcile safeguarding children from suffering significant harm with the obligation to respect personal autonomy and family privacy (Hayes, 1997).
This user-friendly book presents research-based best practices for serving families of children with special needs from birth to age 6.
Abstract: Changes in family employment as they directly or indirectly affect children were evaluated for public policy makers. Factors included in this evaluation were: the effect of working mothers on...
This inspiring book shows how Early Years staff can support the best possible practice for children under three and their families whilst making use of the limited funding available.
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