Developmentally Appropriate Practice

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Your Name: Jennifer Feliciano Text title: Discover the Wonder Publishing company: Scott Foresman and Company Copyright Date: 1996 For each criterion, select the appropriate letter according to the rating scale below. Provide any comments necessary to clarify your answers. A=Fully Evident B= Evident C= Little or no evidence Section 1: Content CRITERIA RATING COMMENTS A. Real-life applications of the concepts are…

a. One situation I was able to utilize developmentally appropriate techniques to deliver quality care was with my patient when I was taking vitals. This was toward the end of the clinical day, so he knew me a little more and was less anxious. I explained what I was going to do to him so that he didn’t feel as nervous. I let him decide which arm to pick to do his blood pressure and pulse oxygen. I also let him play with my stethoscope when I was getting the blood pressure cuff set up. 2.…

schedules to meet and discuss students with disabilities, sharing lesson plans, and strategies to allow everyone be build off of each other to help achieve IEP goals (Vakil, Welton, O’Conner, & Kline, 2008). As mentioned earlier, one of the best practices in the inclusive classroom is quality of the program. If an early childhood educator is concerned about the quality of inclusion in her classroom she may use the Quality of Inclusive…

DAP or developmentally appropriate practices is Activities and learning environments for children Based on what we know about how children learn and by what we observe such as their interests needs and abilities. DAP has three core component first is: what is known about child development and learning. Such as where a child should General Lee be at during a specific age. second is what is known about child as an individual. and third is what is known about the social and cultural context in…

abilities. Chara is six years old. During her play at a playground right outside the Centre, she was involved in Functional play/Practice play, Constructive play and Dramatic play, and Games with rules. Types of play were developed by Piaget, which was later on adapted by Smilansky. Functional play/Practice play When children are engaged in functional play, they practice repetitive movements of new motor skills acquired (Cite). There are two different types of motor skills. Fine motor skills…

children. National Association for the Education of Young Children’s (NAEYC) position statement, responding to Linguistic and Cultural Diversity some recommendations for Effective Early Childhood Education, offers principles of good early childhood practice which hold true regardless of the language spoken by children or their families. “Among these, the biggest single child-specific demographic change in the United States over the next 20…

School environment is a critical context for promoting the development of student’s educational and future career interests. As adolescents progress from middle school on to high school, they have opportunities to begin tailoring their educational experiences in order to align them with their future careers and interests. It is leaders like principals and teachers who primarily facilitate and lead change in school environments. Based on this observation, it can then be said that principals are…

their actions and help them to form positive relationship with others. They also help them to continue learn and grow throughout their lives by giving them the ability to apply what they already know and understand in new situations ( Developmentally Appropriate Practice – Adaptive/Self-Help Skills,…

Area of Focus The purpose of this study is to research the benefits of teacher professional development and training, and its effects on addressing challenging behaviors amongst young learner. This area of focus is an issue that I am passionate about, impacts teaching and learning and is an area that I will improve in my position as an early childhood assistant director. Effective classroom management is one of the most important elements of a teacher’s career. With that being said, many…