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Explain The Importance Of Skills When Communicating With Children And Young People

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As a TA You have to demonstrate many skills while communicating with the children and young people. It is really important that you give the opportunities to the children and young people to talk about their views or any concerns. for example in my practice we done an activity regarding the expression or how you are feeling today? after finishing the activity we gave the chance to every child if he/ she wants to discuss how is he feeling today and why?. You have show the respect to their views by active listening and valuing their views. While you were listening to them make sure to have eye contact and if communicating with the child show your interest by saying different expressive work like ' that's sound amazing' or praising them if they …show more content…

As children of different ages will have various levels of attention and requirements than that of an older child, younger children who are starting school will require lots of support and reassurance in order for them to adjust to a school environment and develop their independence. As a TA You can do with this by praising and encouraging the child to build up good relationship and friendships with other children or children they may not usually associate with. When communicating with younger children it is really very important that we make eye contact with the child and use simple instructions broken down into manageable steps. With some children with educational needs you may have to use alternative forms of communication like in our practice we use hands gestures, pictures or symbols. With an older child they still require lots of encouragement, praise and approval in order to improve their social skills. We also need to give older children opportunity to talk and express their views and opinions and it is vital that you make them feel that you are interested in listening to them. An older child still needs to understand boundaries and behaviour expected from

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