Analysis Of Toddler Development In Inclusive Childhood Education

In “An Empirical Examination of Toddler Development in Inclusive Childcare,” Aubyn Stahmer and Cynthia Carter look at typically developing toddlers placed in an inclusive classroom. There is an increasing number of families who are utilizing early childhood education and childcare services. The number of children with disabilities receiving early intervention has also increased drastically. There has been a push within early intervention to have inclusive classrooms where children with disabilities are education alongside the typically developing children, using the as peer models. Unfortunately, the research on this topic is pretty minimal in comparison to the research that has been conducted for children with disabilities in inclusive classrooms. Stahmer and Carter compared typically developing children in inclusive classroom to typically …show more content…
They are partially responsible for helping shape the child into who they will be in the future. They spend countless hours with these children on a daily basis during the most developmentally vulnerable times in their lives. Early childhood education is extremely important and it cannot be done without the help of teachers. It is understandable that the teacher turnover rate is so high. Many leave their current jobs for jobs that pay more and those might be outside of the field of education. The youth of America deserves more, they deserve teachers who are qualified and well compensated for their work. I spend four weeks in two different preschools and it is possibly the most tiring work I have ever done. Early childhood educators do not have an easy job, it takes a toll on you both mentally and physically and it is hard to recover from that if you are constantly worried about how you are going to live. The people in this line of work deserve much more respect than they are given and it is disheartening to see how they are treated in today’s