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Rights those who are providing long-term or severe short-term care to another person.
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The most widely recognized credential in early childhood education based on a core set of competency standards, which guide early care professionals as they work toward becoming qualified teachers of young children.
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An initial credential to early care and education professionals who successfully complete 60 hours of approved instruction.
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Sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it.
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The quality or state of having sufficient knowledge, judgement, skill or strength.
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The state of keeping or being kept secret or private.
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A helpful way of giving feedback that provides specific, actionable suggestions.
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Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale that is a classroom assessment tool designed to measure the quality of group programs for infants and toddlers by collecting data through classroom observations and a staff interview.
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Early childcare professionals are required to record their professional development hours through this system.
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Moral principles that govern a person’s behavior or the conduct of an activity.
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The abilities you use to provide opportunities and resources to a group of people that enable them to make progress and succeed.
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Ensures that all children with disabilities are entitled to a free appropriate public education to meet their unique needs and prepare them for further education, employment, and independent living.
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Legislation with the purpose of stating that a child has a fundamental right to be safe and to be nurtured. Any person who knows or has reasonable cause to believe that a child is dependent, neglected, or abused shall immediately make a report to the loc
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A Specialist who is responsible for performing regulatory and enforcement activities in the licensure of early care and education and school-age centers.
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National Association of the Education of Young Children: Professional organization that helps ensure that the early childhood profession exemplifies excellence and is recognized as performing a vital role in society. Represents early childhood education t
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A parent’s rights to make important decisions and take certain actions on behalf of their child or children.
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An injury to the skull or intracranial contents of an infant or young child (<5 years of age) due to inflicted blunt impact and/or violent shaking.
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Priorities The areas of our lives that are meaningful and important to us.
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All applicable laws, legal requirements and binding self-regulatory guidelines relating to the receipt, collection, compilation, use, storage, processing, sharing, safeguarding, security, disposal, destruction, disclosure or transfer of personal informati
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Priorities Setting priorities at work by choosing to do important things first so that you can achieve your long-term goals, helping the professional to stay organized and on-task.
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Qualities or accomplishments that make someone suitable for a particular job or activity.
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Regulations Requirements that are established by the state government on how schools or early childhood programs should operate.
