Your Voice Matters: A Practitioner's Guide for Engaging in Policy through Advocacy

Autor/inn/en	Stegenga, Sondra M.; Skubel, Anna; Corr, Catherine; Nagro, Sarah
Titel	Your Voice Matters: A Practitioner's Guide for Engaging in Policy through Advocacy
Quelle	In: Young Exceptional Children, 25 (2022) 1, S.42-56 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Stegenga, Sondra M.) ORCID (Skubel, Anna)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1096-2506
DOI	10.1177/1096250620950311
Schlagwörter	Preschool Education; Early Intervention; Disadvantaged Youth; Special Education; Students with Disabilities; Educational Legislation; Federal Legislation; Equal Education; Health Insurance; Civil Rights Legislation; Child Care; Grants; Federal Aid; Prevention; Child Neglect; Child Abuse; Access to Health Care; Early Childhood Education; School Desegregation; Desegregation Litigation; Social Justice; Educational Policy; Preschool Teachers; Advocacy; Teacher Role; Early Childhood Teachers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Bundesrecht; Krankenversicherung; Private law; Bürgerliches Recht; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Grant; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Kindesvernachlässigung; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Integrative Schule; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschule; Sozialanwaltschaft; Lehrerrolle; Early childhood education; Teacher; Teachers; Frühe Kindheit; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende
Abstract	In early care and education (ECE), including early intervention and early childhood special education (EI/ECSE), professionals regularly express a love for the individualized nature of the work with children and families as a large reason why they enter this workforce. This article aims to provide ECE professionals supporting young children with disabilities and their families with foundational knowledge of systems, strategies, and processes for engaging in educational policy and advocacy. Specifically, the authors (a) discuss policy impacts on systems and practices, (b) summarize foundations for understanding policy, and (c) provide a scaffolded approach for ECE professionals to begin engaging in policy and advocacy through dipping a toe in, wading in, or diving in to support a range of engagement styles, resources, and levels of understanding. This introductory article provides foundational knowledge and a range of opportunities for engaging with policy. By engaging with advocacy to influence policy, ECE professionals are not only enacting professional and ethical obligations but are also impacting systems that have long-term influence on the lives of young children and their families. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01