Effective communication with children -Standard 4&7 TSDS
Everyone in the children’s workforce needs to be able to communicate effectively with children and young people. The Communicating with Children and Young People course enables learners to understand how the general principles of effective communication can be applied specifically to work with children and young people. It also addresses record keeping and confidentiality in the context of communicating with children.
Description
- Understand how to communicate effectively with children
- Identify key skills required to communicate competently with children
- Explain how to use open questions
- Describe appropriate responses to enable children to expand on their communication
- Describe a range of appropriate responses to a child who has difficulty in communicating their feelings
- Explain how to use different communications media
- Know about the principles in recording communication with children
- Identify key principles in recording communication with children
- Explain the reasons for, and limits of, confidentiality
- Explain the importance of applying policies and procedures about confidentiality and information sharing
- Identify appropriate ways of recording and sharing information