NAEYC Codes of Ethics Ideals:
1. To recognize and respect the unique qualities, abilities, and potential of each child.
2. To welcome all family members and encourage them to participate in the program.
3. To work through education, research, and advocacy toward an environmentally safe world in
which all children receive health care, food, and shelter; are nurtured; and live free from violence in
their home and their communities.
which all children receive health care, food, and shelter; are nurtured; and live free from violence in
their home and their communities.
These ideals is significance to my professional life because in order to understand children, it requires recognizing the qualities, abilities, and potential that each child has along with providing them with a safe environment, health care, food, and shelter while trying to protect them from violence in their surroundings, homes, and community. I feel like the problem with children today is that the parents and the teachers are not in a mutual agreement when it comes to the behavioral of the child and it causes a conflict between them because a lot of the time the parents are believing what the kids say instead of the teacher. I am no saying that the teacher is always right, but majority of the time they are.
DEC Codes of Ethics Ideals:
1. We shall demonstrate our respect and concern for children, families, colleagues, and others with
whom we work, honoring their beliefs, values, customs, languages, and culture.
whom we work, honoring their beliefs, values, customs, languages, and culture.
2. We shall respect families’ rights to choose or refuse early childhood special education or related
services.
services.
3. We shall use every resource, including referral when appropriate, to ensure high quality services
are accessible and are provided to children and families.
are accessible and are provided to children and families.
These ideals are important to my professional life because in order to provide high quality services to children and families, then every resource should be used whether it includes a referral on the child/children if they misbehave or whatever it takes to keep your program running sucesssfully. I see
respect as being giving or earned by people which brings me to an old saying that goes something like this. "In order to get respect you must give respect". In my life, I have realized that respect goes a long ways in life because without it there is no purpose. I feel like if we are mindful of how we treat one another, then it leads to respecting people's beliefs, values, customs, languages, and culture.
