Developing Anti-Discriminatory Practice in Early Childhood: A How to Guide

Citation
Cork City Childcare Committee & Barnardos. (ND). Developing Anti-Discriminatory Practice in Early Childhood: A How to Guide. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13085/1310
Abstract
This publication aims to acknowledge the difficult and time-consuming task that childcare practitioners face in ensuring that their equal opportunities /diversity policies are developed and implemented to reflect the changes that our society is experiencing. It does this by providing: A Position Paper on including anti-discriminatory practice as a central theme in early childhood programmes, a Self-Assessment Questionnaire intended as an aid to identifying areas of practice where practitioners feel they are doing well and areas in which they feel there could be some improvement., a Model Policy based on best practice models, which it is hoped will be a source of information and inspiration as well as a basis for discussion among childcare providers. The Model Policy is also intended to act as an illustration of the wider implications that such a policy will have for a service which is aiming to ensure that the principles of equality are fully implemented. It finally provides a Step-by-Step Guide to suggest how your planned policy development might be implemented.