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TOPIC 5 MEASUREMENT OF QUALITY ENVIRONMENT IN  EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (ECE)
ACTIVITY 5.1
Discuss the basic needs in early childhood protection; and Explain or define emotional support in relation to your context.
Benefits Of Using Environment Rating Scale (ERS) Tools
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Environment rating scales have several benefits. Not only are they found to be more predictive of child outcomes than the minimal structural indicators, they are also designed to assess process quality (See Figure 5.1).
Figure 5.1: Factors supporting ERS
Adapted from http://www. acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/ complete_compendium_full.pdf
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