A strength of making places more accessible for people is it will encourage more individuals with learning difficulties to go to that area. Individuals with learning difficulties or their carers will recommend that area which may lead the owners to making more changes to accommodate them. However a weakness could be that the businesses will feel uncomfortable that there are more individuals with learning difficulties meaning that even though they are more accessible they may still be discriminated
The key to overcoming things like discrimination and prejudice is education. The more we learn about other races and cultures the better we will be able to understand and relate them to our own culture. With this knowledge we will be able to see past the stereotypes and judge each person on their own merit. It is up to us to take actions that will increase this knowledge. We need two types of people in order to make this a reality.
Some students who lack in confidence may find it hard to communicate at all with us, so if we come across to that student in a positive and gentle manner they are more likely to open up to us and talk. We would not like to be spoken to in a negative way so therefore we should also be careful of how we speak to others too. It is important to communicate effectively in order that information is understood and to avoid confusion or delay. It is important to adapt the way we communicate, because different audiences require different communication styles, that way you have a better chance of being understood e.g in the way you would communicate with a child as to an adult. Communication is a two way process, it involves speaking, listening, hearing, understanding and replying.
Communication can also help or resolve conflict or differences. 2.1 Ways to establish the communication and language needs, wishes and preferences of an individual, finding out their home language or their preferred method of communication such as: sign language, makaton, braille, picture cards. If possible they may be able to communicate using finger spelling or using aids such as hearing aids. 2.2 The factors to consider when promoting effective communication, communication needs to be adapted depending on the environment and who your communicating with because you wouldn't necessarily talk to your friends the way you would with professional colleagues. 2.3 Communication methods and styles: nonverbal communication such as eye contact, touch, gestures, body language, behaviour.
This will affect the child/young person’s development as they are not only learning to adjust into a new country and a new lifestyle but having to learn another language, make new friends. This would not only have an affect on the physical development but their social and emotional development too. This will affect the child/young person’s development as they are not only learning to adjust into a new country and a new lifestyle but having to learn another language, make new friends. This would not only have an affect on the physical development but their social and emotional development too. Physical Physical Moving from one country to another Moving from one country to another Emotional Home – Care setting: - this would have an affect on a childs emotional development as the could develop Separation anxiety which would cause the child to become clingy, cry most the time, find it hard to sleep Emotional Home – Care setting: - this would have an affect on a childs emotional development as the could develop Separation anxiety which would cause the child to become clingy, cry most the time, find it hard to sleep Intellectual Intellectual Moving from primary school to secondary school Moving from primary school to secondary school Physiological Physiological This would have an affect on the child as he/she will feel scared of moving from one school to another, separation from friends, having to make new friends.
People’s attitude towards the use of standard and non-standard English varies depending on their upbringing, culture and subjectiveness ass the two forms of English are different in purpose and are context dependent. The use of non-standard English can be to save time due to its ease in its construction and can also enable communicating ones beliefs and culture. However unlike non-standard English, Standard English make it difficult for interlocutors to build closeness due to it mainly being used to convey prestige, power, formality and professionalism. Due to the advancements in technology, many people have shifted from once using Standard English to now using non-standard English majority of the time. Since Standard English is usually time consuming to construct and difficult to use, people find it easier to use non-standard English, where the governing rules and grammar are more flexible making it efficient and easy to use.
Valuing colleagues expertise is essential because everyone has different experiences so there is always something new you can learn from other people in life. Open communication gains trust, respect and also makes for a better learning environment. Communication also helps, if you start to ‘gossip’ others may not be open to this, but also because some ‘gossip’ get lost in translation. If you respect others then they will then respect you, making the environment you work in a nicer place to be. You won’t go too far wrong in life if you always treat others the way you expect to be
This is because body language is instinctive and may be more effective than verbal communication. Some of the people we support may have difficulty communicating verbally and some may be unable to speak at all. By studying peoples support plans and speaking with work colleagues it helps us to understand how the people we support communicate. Some may prefer to communicate using signs or gestures if their speech is difficult to understand. There are many different methods of
At times it may be best to let the parent make the first contact then use our communication skills to help them. Some may speak another language or English is not their first language so the parent needs to be encouraged to maybe bring someone with them who can help them understand what is being said, whether this is verbally or written form. Disabilities can cause difficulties in partnership, the way to overcome these possible barriers are dependant on the individual who may need for example signing for deafness, large print or brail for visual impaired. Anxiety due to cultural differences may come to play as someone may not know what is expected from them and this may need to be addressed. It is important to try our best to create a good partnership working with parents/carers but there are people who do not wish to be involved and may act in a negative manner, but by not putting any pressure on
(248). Diamond points out in this quote the potential alienation that arises when a language retains its esoteric elements that would drive potential students of the language away. Therefore, multilingual literacy is seen as a valuable skill in understanding and communicating between borders and civilizations. One source with a point of view striving for multiculturalism is the website languagemagazine.com. Not only does the website offer resources for those that might wish to study a foreign language, they offer articles giving points of view on how closing the gaps between people through