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Philosophy
My Philosophy…………………………
In me you will find that I am a classic Early Childhood Educator. Children whether disabled or not develop at different rates and in different patterns. An early intervention program that does not include play is a program which is a failure. Play is the process that children learn about the world around them. As Early Childhood Educators and Early Childhood Special Educators we need to make our programs full of play and child-led activities. These activities need to be used as much as possible as our means of non-intrusive testing and monitoring accomplishments and goals met.
I believe all children need to be provided with a stable, warm and secure environment when they are away from their family. An early intervention/learning environment should be filled with caregivers and teachers who truly love the children and that will provide good physical unbiased care. Children should all be treated as an equal and disabilities, social status, race and backgrounds should not interfere with their care. Our staff should celebrate the diversity of the children we serve. An early learning or early intervention program should lead children to develop themselves into strong independent individuals. When given these proper opportunities children should be able to stimulate their growth through the five key areas of development. I believe that any early learning program should promote family involvement, family centered activities and programs that will draw families in. I believe it is important to incorporate family into as many aspects of the program as possible.
Early Intervention, in my opinion is as important as the 12+ years that children spend in formalized education. Often when a child is involved with an Early Intervention program, a disability or delay can be dealt with and remedied at an early age or without further progression. Because of rapid brain and physical growth of children in this age group, early intervention allows children to get the help needed and may reduce the occurrence of problems and further disabilities in the future.
As professionals it is our responsibility to seek further learning in our career areas. Collaboration is a vital key to the successes of programs. Collaboration needs to occur with parents, professionals in our area of study and community partners and agencies.