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Understand how personal experiences, values and beliefs impact on the role of the Early Years Practitioner

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Watch 'JUST ASK | Sensory disability awareness film' produced by 7 Stream Media.

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Laser Learning reading text: ‘Challenging beliefs'
‘Helping teachers identify and articulate their values and beliefs’ by the McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership at National-Louis University
‘Changing attitudes to learning disabilities’ by Mencap

Click to read ‘Human brain is predisposed to negative stereotypes, new study suggests’ on The Guardian website.
'Understanding cultural diversity in the early years' by Peter Baldock, published by Teach Early Years.
Click on the icon to the left to read ‘Refining the Norm: Early Childhood Anti-Bias Strategies’ by Ellen Wolpert. Read this article which looks at common situations in which young children can pick up on the bias shown by a practitioner or by society, and ways to challenge that bias.

Think And Challenge