Early Childhood

Doing what's right for children, families, colleagues, and the community Do you need support and guidance to help you navigate tough ethical issues in your work? The NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct is every early childhood educator's foundation for moral practice, and this third edition of Ethics and the Early Childhood Educator shows you how to use the Code to guide your actions and responses to challenging situations in the workplace. Here, you'll find real cases from early childhood programs that illustrate the process of identifying and addressing ethical issues by applying the NAEYC Code. Reflection questions encourage you to think deeply about how your own experiences relate to the examples. Ethical conduct is critical, and the Code and this book are resources you can turn to again and again as you seek to make the right decisions for young children and their families.

Provides guidance for assisting in common medical emergencies that occur in children and babies, outlining step-by-step instructions for dealing with such situations as shock, seizures, choking, burns, heatstroke, and insect bites.

"Getting to the Heart of Learning weaves social emotional learning into activities that support math, science, literacy and motor skills. Rather than adding in activities throughout the day, these explorations integrate social emotional learning across the curriculum through group involvement and building community."--Cover.