Advocacy is a vital component of the early childhood professional’s role. Advocacy can occur on a daily basis through supportive interactions with children and their families and connecting families to needed resources. At a broader and more public level, advocacy can occur when a specific message is developed and disseminated with the goal of positively impacting the lives of children, families, early childhood professionals, and the field as a whole .

1. Advocacy is a vital component of the early childhood
professional’s role. Advocacy can occur on a daily basis
through supportive interactions with children and their families
and connecting families to needed resources. At a broader and
more public level, advocacy can occur when a specific message
is developed and disseminated with the goal of positively
impacting the lives of children, families, early childhood
professionals, and the field as a whole