Some of the current international research topic I found were Early Childhood Australia that has been the voice for young children since 1938. Early Childhood Australia is the highest point of early childhood advocacy organizations, taking action in concerns for young children, their families and indivuals in the early childhood field. Their mission in Early Childhood Australia is to advocate and ensure quality, social justice and equity in all issue, which relates to the education and care of children from birth to eight years old. Early Childhood Australia is comparable to our U.S. established NAEYC (earlychildhoodaustralia.org).
The other noteworthy information I found on this website was a joint position statement by Early Childhood Australia (ECA) and Early Childhood Intervention Australia (ECIA) that sets out their shared commitment to inclusion in early childhood education and care (ECEC). Its purpose is to create a vision for high quality inclusive practices in early childhood education and care. It will assist everyone in ECEC services, as well as supporting professionals, to fully include children with a disability and achieve high quality outcomes for all children. It will also provide a support system for the development of policies and programs designed for all young children (earlychildhoodaustralia.org).
One other remarkable information I found on this website was the inclusive practices promoted by their position statement and are made up by strong shared partnerships, between children, families, early childhood educators and professionals. For ECA their work focuses on inclusion for all children in ECEC settings and for ECIA, children with a disability in all aspects of life (earlychildhoodaustralia.org).
Hi Kathleen, the information you provided on your blog was very good. I especially like how you talked about how the Early Childhood Intervention Australia (ECIA) purpose is to create a vision for high quality inclusive practices in early childhood education and care. Great job on your blog. I really enjoyed reading it.
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ReplyDeleteThe joint position statement by Early Childhood Australia and Early Childhood Intervention Australia provides a great framework for quality care and education for young children that promotes healthy development and learning. Inclusion is so important although it may present challenges it is well worth the effort. In working with Early Head Start we provide an inclusive environment with at least 10% enrollment including children with special needs. Enjoyed your post!