Analyse how personal experiences, values and beliefs impact on the professional practice of the Early Years practitioner

Qualification: Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Educator
Unit: Unit 3.13: Support children with additional needs
Learning outcome: 2 Understand how personal experiences, values and beliefs impact on the role of the Early Years practitioner
Assessment criteria: 2.1 Analyse how personal experiences, values and beliefs impact on the professional practice of the Early Years practitioner

• It is important for all practitioners to acknowledge and understand that their personal exeriences, values and beliefs can potentilly have an impact on their professional practice
• This can have both positive and negative effects (e.g. a practitioner that witnessed domestic violence as a child may be more attuned to the signs and symptoms of abuse in their setting, but they should not assume that a child’s behaviours are always linked to abuse in the home)
• Similalrly, a practitioner that is a vegan should let their beliefs influence the diet of the children in the setting
• By recognising that we all have unique experiences and even prejudices and identifying our own, practitioners can ensure that they do not have an inappropriate influence on their practice