While creating my own code of ethics for an out of school care facility I currently work at I was impressed to see what other programs and associations were doing in their own codes. Some codes I looked at were the Ethics of child and youth care professionals, The early childhood educators of BC, and The child and youth care association of BC code of ethics. These gave me ideas to use in my own code as well as ideas of what I did not want to see in my code which made deciding what was best for my facility easier. When reading these codes, I was also often reminded of different types of ethics and where they would fit in not only for the codes I was reading on my own. This allowed for me to understand my values and beliefs of what a code should
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While it is important to follow codes laid out these codes do not always work for all centres or all situation. An example of this is the idea that “early childhood educators use developmentally appropriate practices when working with children” (Early childhood educators of British Columbia, 2008, p. 6). There have been times in my own practice where I have seen children thrive with practices that were a bit over their developmental age skill. In these times the child had fun and learned more practical knowledge and learned about themselves. It is important as practitioners to remember that not every child is the same and not every situation is the same which is why when working practitioners should remember the idea of situational ethics while assessing a situation be it the development of a child or an ethical …show more content…
The overall goal of the Out of School Care code of ethics:
The overall goal of the out of school care ethics is to ensure all employees understand what is expected of them to allow for the children to be in a safe and supportive environment and for their caregivers to know they are. The centre is “to provide the physical, emotional, social and spiritual environments which will optimize the developmental opportunities for the child in her / his milieu, as well as for the practitioner in his or her work environment” (Child and Youth Care Association of British Columbia, n.d., para.
While it is important to follow codes laid out these codes do not always work for all centres or all situation. An example of this is the idea that “early childhood educators use developmentally appropriate practices when working with children” (Early childhood educators of British Columbia, 2008, p. 6). There have been times in my own practice where I have seen children thrive with practices that were a bit over their developmental age skill. In these times the child had fun and learned more practical knowledge and learned about themselves. It is important as practitioners to remember that not every child is the same and not every situation is the same which is why when working practitioners should remember the idea of situational ethics while assessing a situation be it the development of a child or an ethical …show more content…
The overall goal of the Out of School Care code of ethics:
The overall goal of the out of school care ethics is to ensure all employees understand what is expected of them to allow for the children to be in a safe and supportive environment and for their caregivers to know they are. The centre is “to provide the physical, emotional, social and spiritual environments which will optimize the developmental opportunities for the child in her / his milieu, as well as for the practitioner in his or her work environment” (Child and Youth Care Association of British Columbia, n.d., para.