Examining Codes of Ethics

The ideals posts that are meaningful and significant in my professional life are:

1.To be familiar with the knowledge base of early
childhood care and education and to stay informed
through continuing education and training.

2.To create and maintain safe and hea
lthy settings
that foster children’s social, emotional, cognitive, and
physical development and that respect their dignity
and their contributions.

3.To advocate for and ensure that all children,
including those with special needs, have access to the
support services needed to be successful.

The reason these ideal are significant to me is because they all focus on helping children to receive a high quality education as well as helping children to learn to their fullest potentials.

The three DEC code of ethics that are significant to me as well as will help me in my professional life are:

Professional Collaboration
We shall honor and respect our responsibilities to colleagues while upholding the dignity and
autonomy of colleagues and maintaining collegial interprofessional and intraprofessional
relationships.
2. We shall honor and respect the rights, knowledge, and skills of the multidisciplinary colleagues
with whom we work recognizing their unique contributions to children, families, and the field of
early childhood special education.
3. We shall honor and respect the diverse backgrounds of our colleagues including such diverse
characteristics as sexual orientation, race, national origin, religious beliefs, or other affiliations.
4. We shall identify and disclose to the appropriate persons using proper communication channels
errors or acts of incompetence that compromise children’s and families’ safety and well being
when individual attempts to address concerns are unsuccessful.

Enhancement of Children’s and Families’ Quality of Lives
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.
2. We shall recognize our responsibility to improve the developmental outcomes of children and to
provide services and supports in a fair and equitable manner to all families and children.
3. We shall recognize and respect the dignity, diversity, and autonomy of the families and children
we serve.
4. We shall advocate for equal access to high quality services and supports for all children and
families to enhance their quality of lives.

Responsive Family Centered Practices
We shall demonstrate our respect and appreciation for all families’ beliefs, values, customs,
languages, and culture relative to their nurturance and support of their children toward achieving
meaningful and relevant priorities and outcomes families’ desire for themselves and their children.
2. We shall provide services and supports to children and families in a fair and equitable manner
while respecting families’ culture, race, language, socioeconomic status, marital status, and
sexual orientation.
3. We shall respect, value, promote, and encourage the active participation of ALL families by
engaging families in meaningful ways in the assessment and intervention processes.
4. We shall empower families with information and resources so that they are informed consumers
of services for their children.

The reason that I chose these codes of ethics is because we as professionals must respect all families no matter their background status, we must enhance the quality of children lives, we must collaborate with families as well as outside resources to provide the best support for every child in every classroom to receive achievement and perforamance.

References

NAEYC. (2005, April). Code of ethical conduct and statement of commitment. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from
http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/PSETH05.pdf

The Division for Early Childhood. (2000, August). Code of ethics. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.dec-sped.org/

http://www.dec-sped.org/