Principle 1.1: Staff interact with each child in a warm and friendly way Principle 1.2: Staff guide each child's behaviour in a positive way Principle 1.3: Staff initiate and maintain respectful communication with each child Principle 1.4: Staff respect each child’s background and abilities Principle 1.5: Staff treat all children equitably Principle 1.6: Staff communicate effectively to promote respect and professional teamwork

Recommended book titles:

A world of difference: Readings on teaching young children in a diverse society
Attachment: Building secure relationships in early childhood
Babies: Good beginnings last forever
Building a classroom community: The early childhood teacher's role
Building bridges: Literacy development in young Indigenous children
Building Bridges book and DVD pack
Challenging behaviours in early childhood settings: Creating a place for all children
Children with special needs: Lessons for early childhood professionals
Discipline in school-age care: Control the climate, not the children
Early development risk and disability: Relational contexts
Educating and caring for very young children: The infant toddler curriculum
Helping children in times of need: Grief, loss, separation and divorce
Managing difficult behaviour in young children
Meaningful planning: Rethinking teaching and learning relationships
Reading magic: How your child can learn to read and other read-aloud miracles
Reading right from the start: What parents can do in the first five years
Relationships, the heart of quality care: Creating community among adults in early care settings
Rethinking attachment for early childhood practice: Promoting security, autonomy and resilience in young children
Rethinking gender in early childhood education
Roots and wings: Affirming culture in early childhood programs
Supporting young learners 2: Ideas for child care providers and teachers
The crisis manual for early childhood teachers: How to handle the really difficult problems
Strategies for including children with special needs in early childhood settings
The power of guidance: Teaching social-emotional skills in early childhood classrooms
What happened to the world? Helping children cope in turbulent times
Widening the circle: Including children with disabilities in preschool programs
Young children's behaviour: Practical approaches for caregivers and teachers (second edition)
Young gifted children: Meeting their needs
'You're going to love this kid!' : Teaching students with autism in the inclusive classroom