Assessment methodology Learners can enter the types of evidence they are presenting for assessment and the submission date against each assessment criterion. Alternatively, centre documentation should be used to record this information. STANDARDS 1 Understand the context of supporting skills for everyday life 1.1 Compare methods for developing and maintaining skills for everyday life 1.2 Analyse reasons why individuals may need support to maintain, regain or develop skills for everyday life 1.3 Explain how maintaining, regaining or developing skills
STUDY PACK FOR Unit 4222 324 Support individuals with specific communication needs Learning outcomes: 1 Understand specific communication needs and factors affecting them 2 Be able to contribute to establishing the nature of specific communication of individuals and ways to address them 3 Be able to interact with individuals using their preferred communication 4 Be able to promote communication between the individuals and others 5 Know how to support the use of communication technology and aids 6 Be able to review an individual’s communication needs and the support provided to address them Resources; Communication policy and procedure information Information on local resources and technological support for specific communication needs Outcome 1 Explain why it is important to meet the communication needs of individuals. 01.1 So that they have an equal opportunity to have a say in the decisions made and to express ther individual wants and needs, If a person cannot effectively communicate then there needs may not be met and therefore there care cannot be person centered. Explain how your own role and practice can impact on communication with an individual who has specific communication needs. Describe an example from your own work practice. 01.2 A young adult with anorexia nervosa has a built in anorexic filter this means that they take what you say and filter it through and generally translate what has been said into a more negative statement.
Be able to contribute to the support of individuals to manage identified risks 6. Understand duty of care in relation to supporting positive risk-taking Guided learning hours It is recommended that 27 hours should be allocated for this unit, although patterns of delivery are likely to vary. Details of the relationship between the unit and relevant national standards This unit is linked to HSC 240. Support of the unit by a sector or other appropriate body This unit is endorsed by Skills for Care and Development. Assessment This unit must be assessed in accordance with Skills for Care and Development's QCF Assessment Principles.
Outcome 1 Understand why communication is important in the work setting Assessment Criteria The learner can: 1. Identify different reasons why people communicate 2. Explain how effective communication affects all aspects of own work 3. Explain why it is important to observe an individual’s reactions when communicating with them. Unit 001 Introduction to Communication in Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings Outcome 2 Be able to meet the communication and language needs, wishes and preferences of individuals Assessment Criteria The learner can: 1.
HSC 3029 Title Unit Accreditation Ref Level Credit value Support individuals with specific communication needs T/601/8282 3 5 Learning outcomes The learner will: 1. Understand specific communication needs and factors affecting them Assessment criteria The learner can: 1.1 Explain the importance of meeting an individual’s communication needs 1.2 Explain how own role and practice can impact on communication with an individual who has specific communication needs Analyse features of the environment that may help or hinder communication Analyse reasons why an individual may use a form of communication that is not based on a formal language system Identify a range of communication methods and aids to support individuals to communicate Describe the potential effects on an individual of having unmet communication needs Work in partnership with the individual and others to identify the individual’s specific communication needs Contribute to identifying the communication methods or aids that will best suit the individual Explain how and when to access information and support about identifying and addressing specific communication needs Prepare the environment to facilitate communication Use agreed methods of communication to interact with the individual Monitor the individual’s responses during and after the interaction to check the effectiveness of communication Adapt own practice to improve communication with the individual Support the individual to develop communication methods that will help them to understand others and be understood by them Provide opportunities for the individual to communicate with other Support others to understand and interpret 1 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 2. Be able to contribute to establishing the nature of specific communication needs of individuals and ways to address them 2.1 2.2 2.3 3. Be able to interact with individuals
The unit examines the importance of understanding an individual’s preferred method of communication, when working with users of social care services and the need to observe reactions in order to support the communication cycle. The unit also investigates barriers to communication and ways in which these can be minimised or removed. Issues of confidentiality are considered with regard to maintenance and also the notion of agreed times when information must be shared. The unit will prepare you for working with users of services with a variety of communication and language needs. Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria In order to pass this unit, the evidence that you need to present for assessment needs to demonstrate that you can meet all the learning outcomes for the unit.
PROCEDURES USED IN FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT Formative assessment includes a variety of procedures such as observation, feedback, and journaling. However, there are some general principles that constitute effective formative assessment. Key requirements for successful formative assessment include the use of quality assessment tools and the subsequent use of the information derived from these assessments to improve instruction. The defining characteristic of formative assessment is its interactive or cyclical nature (Sadler, 1988). At the classroom level, for example, teachers collect information about a student's learning, make corresponding adjustments in their instruction, and continue to collect information.
The teams’ ability to accomplish a meaningful and successful project relies on the individual communication skills engaged by its team members throughout the project. The communication strategy used by a team should take into account the learning styles and personality types of its members. Learning Styles The learning styles of a team of people are as diverse as the individuals within the team; “Learning style is defined as a set of characteristics which make learning effective for an individual” (Seckel, 2007, p. 22). Each team’s communication and collaboration strategy will vary, depending on the learning styles of their team members. Each learning style has its own set of abilities, skills, and study techniques to consider in developing an effective communication strategy; “Your learning style – your mind’s particular way of taking in and processing information – is as unique as you are” (Carter, Bishop, Kravits, 2007, p. 38).
It ensures that you articulate learning clearly for students. Learning outcomes allow students to know what they are learning what at they are expected know at the end of instruction. Student Learning Outcomes specify an action by the student that must be observable, measurable and able to be demonstrated. Within this unit of instruction
The object of counselling skills training and supervision is to help trainees, in the skills areas targeted by their training programmes, move more in the direction of making choices that reflect strength. For example, in the skills area of active listening the objective would be to enable you to make stronger choices in the process not only of understanding clients but also in showing that understanding to them. When thinking of any area of helper or client communication, there are two main considerations: first, what are the components of skilled external behaviour and, second, what interferes with or