I live in France currently and I have included some organisations that make an impact in the ECE community.
The first is Association Français pour la Sauvegarde de l'enfance et l'adolescence (AFSEA) which is among other association under the Convention Nationale des Association de Protection de l'Enfant (CNAPE). This association has been ensuring that young children and adolescents are protected and also protects the rights of children. They offer support to children and other forms of interventions such as medical assistance and also treatment for those that have suffered abuse, et cetera (CNAPE, 2020).
The second one is L'association AGIR pour la petite enfance. This association advocates for the cooperation amongst parents, teachers and children. Also the association was set up to publicise events concerning early childhood as well as offer support to early childhood professionals by offering them tools and developmentally appropriate equipment for young children in their care. This organisation also founded the National Early Childhood Week. A week for parents, early childhood professionals and children get to collaborate and interact in all early childhood establishments (AGIR, 2020).
Lastly, Association Des Collectifs Enfants Parents Professionals (ACCEPP). This association is made up of a network of parents and early childhood professionals. Their goal is to ensure that parents are able to contribute to the education of their children by collaborating with the professionals. As a non profit organisation, it has supported the education of parents who want to volunteer at schools, creches and other programs by accessing diplomas (ACCEPP, 2020).
An ideal job would be to volunteer my time in supporting these organisation and also with my education in early childhood studies, it would be a perfect fit with them. By working as a coordinator who would ensure that the mission and vision of these associations are known by families who are more likely in need of their services. In addition, i would also strengthen partnerships with other associations as well as sponsors whose purpose align with the associations.
Reference
AGIR (2020). Association AGIR. Retrieved September 19, 2020, from https://www.rdvpetiteenfance.fr/lassociation/
CNAPE (2020). La fédération. Retrieved September 19, 2020, from https://www.cnape.fr/notre-organisation/
ACCEPP (2020). Qui somme nous. Retrieved September 19, 2020, from http://www.acepprif.org/
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ReplyDeleteYou have several great resources and these organizations are like the ones I have posted in my blog regarding helping children and families to rise above adversity. My husband is from France and when I told him about these organizations, he stated his mom was part of ACCEPP. Overall, your blog was insightful, and I enjoyed learning about the different organizations.
These sound like some wonderful resources. It's interesting for me to learn about the way that organizations work in different countries. I particularly like the second resource that you mentioned, advocating for cooperation between parents, teachers, and children. How have you seen these organizations in action? Are they effective, and do they provide adequate support?
ReplyDeleteIt seems like there are a lot of good local resources and national resources for children to help advocate their rights where you're living. I appreciate to hear about the group that provides developmentally appropriate supplies and tools for children at all ages, I feel like that is a lacking area in my local system. There aren't a lot of resources for supplies for the school aged childcare centers on a regular basis. I'm noticing more tools and equipment being made available during this time of Covid since there are more mandates on not cross-sharing supplies. I wish it hadn't taken a global pandemic to see more interest in children getting developmentally appropraite toys.
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