The website of an organization that I have been studying is
http://www.dec-sped.org/, The Division of Early Childhood. The Division for Early Childhood (DEC) is an international membership organization for those who work with or on behalf of young children with disabilities and other special needs. I have been studying the website because it really touched home with me. I own and operate a child care center and when I first started out I had a lady to call for care for her 5 month son. He had several disabilites. At the time I did not take him, it was not because I was discriminating but due to my lack of knowledge with working with chidren in their early years with disabilities. After finding this site I felt that many children with disabilities probably go through the same thing this little boy went through. And this is probably very stressful for his mother. This website overs parents, and caregivers a place to go to get information or chat with one another for support.
I gained more understanding for how they view ealry childhood and disabilities one of the enew letters for this week was
Department Announces New Effort to Strengthen Accountability for Students with Disabilities
Moving from Compliance-Focused Approach to One Driven by Results March 2, 2012 they stated that with all the funding that is going into these programs children with disabilties should not be treated any differntly or held to lower standards.
Crystal,
ReplyDeleteI love hearing about your daycare center and I was very interested in your article and the fact that you pointed how important it is that programs for children with disabilities also be held to high standards. I know that as a parent of a child with a disability, it is so important to me that his teachers have high expectations of him, but also an understanding that things may not come as easy for him. I am going to read all the different articles you pointed out, thank you for sharing this important information!