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Be able to develop and maintain relationships with children and young people
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Tutorial Video
Reading Materials
‘Building supportive relationships with young people’ from the Young Minds Organisation
‘Good relationships’ from Hands on Scotland.
‘Communicating effectively with children and young people’ from the Fostering and Adoption website.
‘Talking about difficult topics’ from the NSPCC
Presentation
Good Practice Example
Good Practice Example
Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning
Observe a senior practitioner interacting with children. Is he/she getting involved? How do the children respond? Can you see how he/she is extending their ideas and supporting them in their play? What does his/her body language suggest? Is he/she relaxed, happy, tense?
Observe a group of children playing alone:
Click on the link to read ‘Building rapport’ on the Skills You Need website. Consider how you can use these tips in your work with children and young people.
The American National Council for Mental Wellbeing has produced this document on ‘Building trust and rapport with youth’. You may wish to read the Search Institute’s framework for building developmental relationships with youth linked in the document, but be aware the organisations and statistics mentioned will be American.
Think And Challenge
