Principle 1: Safety
CPEs are welcoming more and more children with behavioral disorders, ADHD, and on the autism spectrum (ASD). These centers receive additional funding from the Ministry of the Family (MF) to hire specialized educators. Since 2021, the MF requires one educator for 4 children aged 0 to 18 months, for 8 children aged 18 to 36 months, and for 10 children aged 3 to 5 years. It should be noted that many ASD cases are not recognized, especially among young girls. My project provides one educator for every three children, regardless of age and whether or not they have a diagnosis.
Principle 2: Privacy
The International Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) established in 1989 that all children have the right to be well supported and loved. For a child to be well supported, their environment must be welcoming and inclusive; for a child to feel loved, the work of educators must be facilitated through spatial design. This flagship project proposes an intimate working environment for educators.
Principle 3: Physical Accessibility
According to the CRC, every child has the right to freedom of participation. To achieve this, an inclusive and accessible environment must be designed for all children. This CPE is a flagship project for inclusion and accessibility that adapts to each child’s conditions to strengthen their sense of identity and support a degree of autonomy. Providing sensorial indications to navigate space-time is part of the solution.
