Use the three DAP core considerations to evaluate a daily schedule decision.
DAP is not a slogan for being flexible. It is a disciplined way to decide what kind of flexibility is professional. The Three Questions Ask: What does research and experience tell us about children this age? What do we know about these specific children today? What family, language, cultural, or community context might change how we interpret behavior? These questions keep the director from overcorrecting from one loud incident. Why It Works Behavior often looks like defiance when the routine is misfit. A developmentally mismatched schedule creates repeated adult-child conflict. A child-specific mismatch misses allergies, sleep, trauma, disability, language, or…
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