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“The early childhood years build the foundation for a lifetime of health and development” (DEC, 2012).
In a position statement from September 2012, the Division for Early Childhood (DEC) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) outlined six recommendations “for the promotion of health, safety, and well-being of all young children including those with or at‐risk for disabilities.”
These six recommendations included the following:
Prenatal care services and early universal screening;
- Culturally-responsive, developmentally appropriate, individualized care in affordable, safe, nurturing, and inclusive environments;
- Correctly administered, ethical, valid, reliable, culturally sensitive, formal and informal assessments;
- High quality systems of pre‐service and in‐service professional development;
- Advocacy efforts focusing on public regulations and policies for supporting the provision of services for all young children; and
- Research that focuses substantial attention and resources to id
