Working with Children and Families

For 1st year to 4th year Early Childhood education courses

Working with Children and Families: Professional, Legal and Ethical Issues is a readable and useable reference that examines ethics in the light of professionalism and legal issues.

Each chapter begins with reflection points and students are encouraged to use these points to help monitor their own learning process. Each topic is accompanied by mini case studies or stories to help them ground their reading in their experiences or daily practice, this will enhance their grasp of the concepts, principles and practices relating to professional ethics.

This text is designed to stimulate thought, reflection and discussion by helping students and professionals prepare for, or better deal with, those aspects of early childhood education that require ethical judgement on issues and demand the burden of choice.