Thank you to everyone who attended our session today, Rights-based Approaches in the Field of Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education. Here are the some of the resources we discussed.

The documentary- Voices of Children

• A 24-minutes long documentary on the actions of young children in four languages in eight diverse sites 
  • Brazil, India, Kenya, Singapore, and the US 
• The documentary follows the themes embedded in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child by advocating for inclusive practices in early childhood education 
• https://worldforumfoundation.org/workinggroups/childrens-rights/screen-film

International Frameworks

• Child Rights and International Legal Frameworks
  • https://www.unicef.org/tdad/index_56373.html
• Framework for Child Protection
  • http://dag.un.org/bitstream/handle/11176/400706/RTP%20CPOC%20Military%20-%20M2%20Legal.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y
• Convention on the Rights of the Child
  • https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/our-human-rights-work/monitoring-and-promoting-un-treaties/convention-rights-child
• Children’s Voices: A principled framework (from South Africa)
  • https://www.education.sa.gov.au/sites/g/files/net691/f/childrens-voices-framework.pdf

Other Resources

• Murray, J.  (2019). Hearing young children’s voices, International Journal of Early Years Education, 27(1), 1-5, DOI: 10.1080/09669760.2018.1563352
• Khoja, N. (2016). Situating children’s voices: Considering the context when conducting research with young children. Children & Society, 30(4), 314-323.
• Video on creation of principled framework to incorporate children’s voices in Australia — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygwVQWEEfEU
• Johnson, V., & West, A. (2018). Children’s Participation in Global Contexts: Going Beyond Voice. New York: Routledge.

Our contact info:

Serra Acar, serra.acar@umb.edu

Angi Stone-MacDonald, angela.stone@umb.edu