Understand how to communicate with children, young people and adults
Does the ethos of your school encourage respect towards all adults? Ask to see your school’s policies which relate to equal opportunities and developing good relationships with staff and parents. These policies help to make sure all parents and adults in your school feel included and welcomed. Does your practice reflect your policy? Share your findings with your staff team at your next staff meeting and find ways to develop and improve what you do.
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- Communication Matters leaflet: ‘Focus on... What can I say?’
- Communication Matters leaflet: ‘Focus on... First steps’
- ‘Communicating with children: Principles and practices to nurture, inspire, excite, educate and heal' by Unicef
- ‘Other ways of speaking’ by The Communication Trust
- ‘Universally Speaking: The ages and stages of children’s communication development’ by The Communication Trust
- ‘How to use good communication skills for cross-cultural diversity’ on the Chron: Small Business website
- ‘The importance of home language’ from Oxfordshire County Council.
- ‘Managing disagreements at work: a guide for teachers and education staff’ from the Education Support website
- Presentation
- Click on the icon to the right to launch this lesson's presentation entitled 'Pardon?'.
- Open this presentation 'Classroom communication' and read through the document of the same title attached below. Both of these were part of the primary national strategy.
- 'Primary national strategy: Classroom communication' - read this document alongside the presentation.
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Does the ethos of your school encourage respect towards all adults? Ask to see your school’s policies which relate to equal opportunities and developing good relationships with staff and parents. These policies help to make sure all parents and adults in your school feel included and welcomed. Does your practice reflect your policy? Share your findings with your staff team at your next staff meeting and find ways to develop and improve what you do.
- Find and read a copy of ‘The Equal Opportunities Handbook’ (4th revised edition) by Phil Clements and Tony Spinks, published by Kogan Page.
- Research websites that provide information about speech difficulties. Could you learn Makaton speech and sign, perhaps? What else can you discover that helps your understanding of others and the way they communicate?
- Your role will often bring you into contact with adults who have difficulties communicating with you. Research ways you can adapt the way you communicate to ensure effective communication with those:Who have a hearing impairment;For whom English is not their first language;Who do not speak English;Who have a visual impairment;Who have a stammer, or other speech impediment
- Communication Matters is a UK charitable organisation of members concerned with using assistive technologies and devices to aid communication, including eye pointing, word boards, and speech output devices. Click on the icon to go to their website.
- I CAN is a UK children’s communication charity focusing on development of speech, language and communication skills with a particular emphasis on those with communication difficulties. Speech and Language UK is the operating name of I CAN Charity The website contains a number of resources for educators and professionals
- ‘Communication friendly environments – checklist’ created by the Communication Trust. Click on the icon to the left to see checklists for early years, primary and secondary settings, which can be used to check that the learning environment supports children’s communication.
- Think And Challenge
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