NAEYC has pioneered developmentally appropriate practice (DAP), the framework of which establishes principles and guidelines for best practice in the care and education of children from birth through ...

The National Association for the Education of Young Children recently revised its Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP), the standard for early childhood care and education. Josh Thompson and ...

Second, to design an index that taps a developmentally appropriate neonatal intensive-care practice, labeled here as the DANIP index.