For ECE Teachers: Three Principles to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families (40 minutes)

For this information, read the article and you may also choose to watch the accompanying video to best meet your learning style:

The article Three Early Childhood Development Principles to Improve Child Outcomes (Center on the Developing Child, 2021) suggests three principles to help guide leaders to adapt their programs to help support children and families. The article describes each principle and provides examples of how they can be used to support policy and practice. Not all of the policies and practices will apply to your situation, but as you read through them, consider which ones you might be able to adapt to become more trauma-informed. Note the section, The Design Priniciples in Action, which  ouline  how  policymakers and system leaders can  apply  the  principles.

Three Early Childhood Development Principles to Improve Child OutcomesUnderstanding how children's experiences affect lifelong outcomes provides a foundation for policymakers and civic leaders to design a more effective agenda

READ: https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/three-early-childhood-development-principles-improve-child-family-outcomes/#resource-graphic

This accompanying video describes the three principles in a visual way. If you prefer to watch rather than read, you can learn about the principles through this video. The piece that is missing from the video is the examples of how to use the principles to support policy and practice. If you choose to watch the video, go back to the article after and review the examples for each principle rather than reading the whole article.

WATCH: https://youtu.be/1OU_9ty5mMw?si=XTZJPxmnjM8SrUUh

Credits: Red Deer Polytechnic's "Early Childhood Education Leadership Development" Faculty