Always be sensitive and understanding, you may have to adjust or adapt what you want to say by ensuring you say it the right way to convey your message, your feelings or ensure opinions are expressed clearly with no misunderstanding without giving offence to the individual. As a practitioner you should provide encouragement to children and parents, reassurance and any necessary information. Some individuals are quite confident to voice their feelings or opinions openly, others may be less able to express their views. If the latter you may need to observe body language, facial expressions and what they don’t say to show you how they are feeling so that you can use this to communicate effectively with them. Another reason it may be hard to verbally communicate is if English is not their first language and you will have to use body language and maybe actions, especially to help the children understand what you are saying, and also speak very clearly in a friendly tone.
Unit 137 OUTCOME 4.3 BY DEBRA PRICE Children and young people need to trust adults in order for them to be able to answer their questions. The answers should always be answered honestly, and in some instances children will ask many questions as they come to terms as to what may be happening to them. This can be very difficult as adults like to see children happy rather than upset adults do not always listen to children correctly and acknowledge their feelings. Listening to children is critical as we can then learn what they are thinking and how they feel, they could be feeling resentful or have feelings of anger and disappointment, children should be encouraged to speak openly without feeling they have to hold back e.g. “you don’t mean that” attitude .
Various psychological theories on human development are based on the concept of “stage”. The key to stage theories is the understanding of stages as unique stages of development, with each stage personified by its own special behavioural and cognitive characteristics. According to child development and psychological research, all individuals progress through the same stages in a fixed chronological order. Foundation stage and key stage 1 Young children are still developing their language and communication skill they will have to be reminded of listening carefully when others are talking. When we are talking to young children we have to speak clearly slowly and not using big words as they won’t understand what we are saying.
Age/development level Technique 4-7 years Use language children will understand. When speaking to children be clear and check their understanding by asking them to repeat what you said, back to you Be patient, you may need to explain things more than once. Do not assume they will not understand. Listen carefully; show children you are concentrating and interested. Use eye contact.
Their conversations/interactions with children Adult’s interaction with children plays a very important role in children’s learning and development Listen and give them the time they need to answer. Gives children feedback on what they are doing, whenever possible encourage children to solve problems for themselves. Celebrates their progress and achievements, and helps them to learn from mistakes, use encouragement as well as praise. Adults should not make statements that evaluate or judge .instead make objective, specific comments that encourage children to expand their descriptive language and think about what they are doing. Make it a playful atmosphere, in which both adult and child are enjoying the time spent together; Adults.
(2012). Curriculum and methods for early childhood educators. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education DAP-What DAP means to me is when a teacher bases their lesson plan/curriculum on sound knowledge of a child’s development and learning process while also taking into account individual differences and needs. Cognitive- In the block area I have seen a great amount of cognitive development. Cognitive is how children view the world or how they see things.
Unit 136 Support children’s learning and development in the early years 3.1 – Analyse the role of responsive communication in promoting children’s care, leaning and development. Active listening Reciprocal communication Non verbal communication Augmentative communication Gestures, rhymes, songs, finger plays, drawings and representation Appropriate and accurate use of language It is important to know and understand the role of representative communication in order to promote the children’s development. Active listening is not just listening but thinking about what you hear, the use of body language and other signals that are sent out through play. It is important to give time to be able to think about how to respond. Your full attention should be given.
TDA 3.1: Communication and professional relationship with children, young people and adults 2. Understand how to communicate with children, young people and adults 2.3 Explain the main differences between communicating with adults and communicating with children and young people. Communicating with children : - Communicate clear ,concise and appropriate to their ages, needs, abilities by using words and phrases they will understand - actively listening to children - positive respond - asking and answering questions to prompt responses and check understanding - adapt comminication to their language or sen - concentrate what child is saying - use not only verbal but non verbal communication skills like smile, nodding , eye contact etc. - Praise and encouragement - Give support while communicating with children Communicating with adult: - use language that will be understood - maintain professionalism and support to other adult - make an eye contact and other non-verbal skills - respect other ideas even if you not sure about them - you can use other forms of communication: written like email, letter, notices, text. - Avoid assumptions about adults (backgrounds) - Summurise and confirm key points to ensure that you clear on whats happening - Resolve areas of poor comminication by disscusing them.
|Communication and professional relationships with children, young people and adults | |1.1 |Explain why effective communication is important in developing positive relationships with children, young people and adults | | | | | |Communication is the process of sharing information, thoughts and feelings between people and to understand what feelings and information is being | | |conveyed by others. We communicate in two main forms; verbal which includes speech, words and written language; and non verbal which includes facial | | |expressions, body language, gestures and signs. Thus I feel that when speaking with children, young people, and adults it is important to speak | | |clearly and use positive body language like smiling and being friendly. | | | | | |Communicating effectively is the cornerstone of every education setting and without effective communication; ideas, directions and thoughts can be | | |lost or misunderstood, which can impact greatly on the students. For example if I have missed the start of a lesson because I have been dealing with | | |another student in a previous lesson or on a break duty, I will miss the introduction of the lesson including objectives and explanations of the tasks| | |that have been set.
You should also use your communication skills with both staff and children, you should talk to the children see what they like how was there day and be friendly and treat all the children equally; you should be friendly and polite to all members of staff. You should demonstrate a non-judgemental approach by not judging the staff or children for example, if a child has behaviour problems or is being very silly all the time and doesn’t listen then you should not judge that child you should treat him/her as you would treat any other child. You should not judge staff by the way the look or how they talk get to know them more. You should have good behaviour and be polite and listen to what the staff and children have to say to you. You should respect parents and be very polite to them, you should also listen to what they have to say and anything you hear from them should be kept confidential.