Know how to communicate with children, young people and adults
Watch the video to the right, which was produced by Teachers TV. This 15 minute video is about listening and questioning.Watch the video and make notes. Is there anything that you can relate to your setting? What can you learn from watching the video?
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- ‘Focus on… Let Your Hands Do the Talking: Using Sign Systems for Communication’, leaflet from Communication Matters
- ‘Ages and Stages’ from the Speech and Language UK website
- ‘Communicating with children: Principles and practices to nurture, inspire, excite, educate and heal' by Unicef
- ‘Other ways of speaking’ by The Communication Trust
- ‘How to use good communication skills for cross-cultural diversity’ on the Chron: Small Business website
- ‘Teaching in multicultural classrooms: tips, challenges and opportunities’ on The Guardian website
- Presentation
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Look at notices around the school that are written for staff or parents.Are the notices written in a friendly, respectful and non-confrontational way?Could they be re-worded to promote the same message but to portray a different and more respectful attitude towards others?
- ‘Communication friendly environments – checklist’ by the Communication Trust. Click on the icon to the left to see a checklist, which can be used to check that the learning environment supports children’s communication.
- Think about the information parents might want to know about their children when they come to pick them up each day. Do you communicate this information clearly?Ask them if they feel you keep them well-informed and if there is anything else they would like to know.
- Consider whether the ethos of your school encourages 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 that 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.
- Look on the internet to find 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?
- Extended Learning
- Extended Learning
- Think And Challenge
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