Listening is the most important way in which to establish a respectful, professional relationship. By listening to what a child has to say without interruption, it shows the child that their views and opinions are important as well as being respected. You should also take an active interest in what the child has to say and an interest in the child themselves. For example, what are their hobbies, their interests, their likes and dislikes? When talking to, or listening to children, you should maintain eye contact, concentrate on what the child is saying and physically lower yourself to the child’s level.
Children need our full attention and eye contact in order to develop and maintain positive interaction which will lead to positive relationships. • Give others
Using my body language; eye contact to make sure that I am at their level, try not to invade their space, avoid communication barrier, and ensure that children with communication issues can see my face. Actively listen to children and young people and value what they say, experience and feel. People notice that a child or young person is not concentrating on what adults or elderly people are saying. Perhaps, that the children or young people don't show a sign to show that they are really thinking about what they are saying to them. For me to show that I am listening actively to the child I should stop what I am doing and get down to their eye level and make eye contact.
People communicate for many different reasons, such as: To give and receive information, To give and receive instructions, To express needs, To share ideas, Develop learning, Establish and maintain relationships with others, Negotiate, Discuss a situation, To make a point or outline a concern. To understand and be understood. 1.2 How effective communication affects all aspects of own work. Effective communication is important to meet the needs of the children. To ensure effective teamwork and continual care of the children we must communicate well by keeping each other informed and aware of current situations going on around us.
Allowing children to understand and acknowledge their own feelings and others around them helps the child with resolving issues. Taking the children out of the situation, discussing why they have been removed and to find out why the disagreement occurred in the first place, are all techniques to resolve a problem. Negotiation is a part of
The goal of communication is to send and receive effective messages understood on all levels, compressive, emotional, and philosophical. Demonstrative communication can help to infusive our message. Teachers use many different demonstrative communication techniques to quiet a rambunctious classrooms, one technique is to speak very softly. As the children see and hear their teacher speak in such soft tones, they quiet as well. Another example would be hand signals, each teacher has one he or she prefer to use, it may be the peace sign or a finger pressed to their mouth, either one is understood by the children even when used without a verbal message.
When communicating with CYPA (children, young people and adults), listening to them and showing an interest in what they are saying, is vital for them to feel that what they have to say is worthwhile. If when they are talking to you, you start talking to someone else or start doing something else, they will quickly lose interest and stop talking. This may make the child not want to come to you in future, as they will feel you don’t listen to them. Smiling and looking friendly, displaying open body language, will help CYPA feel more comfortable in approaching you. Appropriate eye contact should be made, which will reinforce your interest to the individual.
1.1 Describe how to establish respectful, professional relationships with children and young people. 2.2 Describe the importance of adult relationships as a role models for children and young people. Personal behaviour, good communication skills and approachability are essential in the foundations of building relationships with children and young people. Good communication and interaction according to their age and level is the most important thing with children and young people. Listening is a way to establish a respectful and professional relationship with a child.
Letting others speak and listening to their opinions is very important, the person you are speaking to should feel comfortable during the conversation and be able to state their own opinion. Some children/young people may stutter while talking, you should listen to them carefully and make them feel comfortable when they are talking. Some children/young people may stutter while talking, you should listen to them carefully and make them feel comfortable when they are talking. Someone who is deaf will need someone to be facing them when speaking, speak slowly and clearly. They may need to use sign language if necessary but avoid using face expressions as they may think they are doing something wrong.
When communicating with Children we need to use Empathic listening and from this they will themselves learn to listen with their ears, eyes, heart and will learn to respect other people and their feelings. Good communicating skills are also essential for staff and pupils to ensure that they are ensuring the schools policies are being observed and