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Fill out the form below to download your copy of Crosswalk for Using Developmentally Appropriate Practice (3rd ed.) with NAEYC’s 2020 DAP Position Statement.
This crosswalk aligns NAEYC’s fourth edition of the DAP Position Statement with the third edition of Developmentally Appropriate Practice.
