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  • 1.  Language or Guidance to Draft Inclusion Policies: Best Practice & Access as Goal

    Posted 03-31-2021 02:55 PM
    Hello - 

     I am drafting updated policies to reflect best practices, state  (GA  BFTS) guidance on restrictions and servicing a child with behavioral challenges and developmental delays. 

    Does anyone have a resource to support the drafting of center based policies for 

    1. promote scientifically based inclusion research 
    2. identifying a-typical behaviors by the appropriate professionals
    3. define DAP behavioral expectations  - naps, transitions and other non-choice situations in group care
    4. clearly defines procedures

    Thank you

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    Raquel Paulino
    Director of Education
    Education
    Atlanta GA
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  • 2.  RE: Language or Guidance to Draft Inclusion Policies: Best Practice & Access as Goal

    Posted 04-05-2021 07:59 AM
    Hi Raquel:

    You might consider taking a look at a resource titled "Effective Discipline Policies:  How to Create a System that Supports Young Children's Social-Emotional Competence".  In contains a tool called the TAGPEC:  Teaching and Guidance Policy Essentials Checklist which takes a humanist approach to guiding children's behavior and developing policies on that topic.  There is also a section that addresses the impact of trauma on children's behavior.

    Kristen Kennen

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    Kristen Kennen
    Early Childhood Education Specialist
    EdAdvance
    Danbury, CT
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  • 3.  RE: Language or Guidance to Draft Inclusion Policies: Best Practice & Access as Goal

    Posted 04-05-2021 01:45 PM
    Hello,
    Thank you for posing this question! I am very interested in the feedback that you will receive since this topic was proposed at our GAEYC weekly informal meeting. The state of Georgia is doing a great job in the world of ECE, but we still need help in other areas.

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    [Brigitte] [Willis]
    [FCCLH ]
    [A Better Day CLC ]
    [Grovetown[GA]
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