Cultural Appropriateness Article Reflection

Competency
Assess the need for developmentally and culturally appropriate communication practices in and out of an early childhood education setting.

Scenario
You are the director of an accredited early childhood program. You understand the importance of communication with your program families and value the perspective of the parents and guardians, supporting the Developmentally Appropriate Practice guideline of establishing reciprocal relationships with families.

Your program’s Parent Advisory Board (PAB) agrees with you and has indicated its desire to understand more about ensuring cultural appropriateness across the program’s communication efforts. Therefore, the PAB has assigned to you the task of finding a research-based article that addresses cultural appropriateness in early childhood education, and then providing a summary of your selected article as a training piece about this topic. Instructions
Research and select a professional article authored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) that addresses cultural appropriateness in early childhood education. In Microsoft Word, construct a three-page reflection paper in APA format, that includes the following components:

Name and author of the article.
Summary of the article’s content.
Your assessment of the article’s suggested practices.
Description of two specific examples of how to apply these practices toward increased communication in an early childhood setting.
Be sure the format and organization of your reflection is professionally presented by including the following elements:

The title “Cultural Appropriateness Article Reflection”
Your name on the APA title page.