1.1 Explain The Impact Of Different Types Of Communication On Children
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Opening paragraph:
Children are very hard to work with as they have not grown up and matured yet and because of this they can occur regular mood changes, also have short attention span which can cause them to be distracted easily, if the child is distracted it disrupts the rest of the class. You can also come across different type of personalities of the children some maybe very loud and others shy and sat in the corner, these two types deter you to have a different approach of communication towards them. Parents can be seen as narrow minded because they think their children are angles, this can result to them being unfair as in they could be being a bit unrealistic, this can course some communication problems as it is important for …show more content…
the parents and colleague’s build some sort of relationship as it would be better than to understand and get to know the child’s real problems and personality, this may cause some problems as parents can be quite naive when it comes to their children as they are meant to be the perfect child to have existed; it will be some struggle for the parents to understand that their child may not be that little angel that they believed. Colleagues need to learn to be civil to one another other whys it may affect the children within their class. Many colleagues are friends with one another so it would be hard to go against a friend and report them if they have done something wrong or are in the wrong, but if you don’t, you are making it unfair on the children as it is reflecting on them. The big key to teaching is being able to keep certain thing confidential, if you are in the hall way you do not go speaking to another teacher about confidential information for other people i.e. parents to come along and over hear.
Posture:
When talking to a child you should make sure you are not making them feel uncomfortable or unequal compared to you.
It is important in early years especially because younger children take on everything they see as something, say you were talking to the child and you had your arms crossed it is not giving of an upbeat message all it is doing is making them feel less likely to listen as you are not giving them the idea of enthusiasm. Whereas if you had more of an open posture they would seem more enamoured to trust and participate in your lesson rather than tuning out. If you look at someone else’s posture you can always tell what type of mood they are in, if they were slouching in their chair they are not showing concentration or participence in the class whereas if they were sat up giving ideas and helping one another they are interested and willing to participate. It all comes down to the way that the teacher is portraying her body language and manner to the people surrounding her. ‘Body language is also sometimes known as non-verbal communication.the context of the message can be made clear through the use of body language. It helps the other person to know what message is giving off from the messenger’. For example if your face reflected anger it gives the reciever the message to stay away from them whereas a smiley face which is one that a nurse should always have towards the patient shows a welcoming, warmth and openness and is likely to encourge posotive interaction. …show more content…
This relates to posture because if you were sat with a stern face they are less likely to not be open with you.
Eye contact:
This helps us see the client’s emotional and physical state. Depending on what state you are in eye contact can be a good example of what mood you are in, if you were sat in a lesson and you happened to be staring out the window or into mid-space this allows us to realise that you are not concentrating and are bored of the happenings that are going on around you, or it could mean something completely different that you are feeling devalued or maybe you are even feeling angry that it has driven you to be in a solemn state. Eye contact it shows the client we are listening, paying attention to, it gives off the message and shows that we are trying to understand what they are talking about or perhaps even going through. Care workers should especially be careful of this because by having direct eye contact can sometimes enhance the conversation or inhibit it. It can also be seen as showing an interest in conversation in some places. It makes the messenger feel like they are the center of attention and what is going on around them they are oblivious to; in other places it is seen as rude and unstabalising. When it comes to children eye contact is very important especially as it helps them to develop better ‘Once groups can make eye contact with each other they have taken a major step forward in developing mutual respect, being together and being ready to talk and support each other; and it’s not just the children or students who benefit from this learning. As the adult leading and teaching the class you have an easier time delivering the lesson, because the children are starting to get on better with each other and feel safer’.
Tone & Pace:
When talking to children, they are less likely to taking in what you say when you speak to them directly whereas if you uses pictures or a non-verbal activity they are more likely to take in more. ‘It is important to slow down, when giving a coaching or counselling session. If a person speaks slower, it has a number of positive effects on the communication’. As it is younger years they respond you high pitch nicer voices normally as they find this more friendly and lighter mood and speaking slowely as they can not process things fast like we can once we have matured. ‘the tone that is used reflects the content of the conversation. Warmth of tone can convey friendliness and can help a person feel at ease... a sharptone which indicates disaproveal, it could cause the reciever to be unconfortable and perhaps intimidated’ Using the correct tone is important as it indicates our feeling and is quickly transferred to the listener. For younger people the pace of your voice is very important, if you vary it interest is added and they start to interact, but speaking at the same face throught the whole time it can become very boring and they start to tune out. Talking quickly brings the feeling of excitement, but making a point it is most likely that the pace will be slowed down so that they can take it in better and understand.
Active listening:
When active listening, the listner is trying to hold back the tempatation of being rude and saying that they already know everything they’re talking about.
It’s easy to think toy know everything everyone else is saying and just wanting them to stop or infact ‘just get to the bottom line’. Thoughts like this make it difficult to properly hear and interpret the speaker’s words and can deny both parties the opportunity for deeper understanding and to resolve potential misunderstandings. ‘Mostly when people are speaking, they are showing feelings, not just information and facts. When the listener responds back to the facts while ignoring the feelings, this can leave the speaker with an unsatisfied sense that their feelings haven’t been seen, understood or cared about hence leading to tension between listener and speaker’. This can subsequently make it more difficult for the speaker to then listen actively when it’s their turn to listen.Yet when the listener has tuned in to the feelings being expressed, as well as the information and facts, and shows a good attempt to acknowledge those feelings, then the speaker may gain more satisfaction and hence in turn feel more open and positive as the communication continues. Young children don’t tend to use much active listening as their minds are all over the place and making up random stories whenever it chooses, so active listening does not respond well to
them.
References
Chris Farmer. (2011). Communication skills training: Voice tone. Available: http://corporatecoachgroup.com/blog/communication-skills-training-voice-tone . Last accessed 15/10/14
Angela Fisher (2006). Health and Social Care. United Kingdom: Folens. p55-57.
Genevieve Simperingham. (2013). Active listening improves communication in the parent child relationship. Available: http://www.peacefulparent.com/active-listening-improves-the-parent-child-relationshi/ . Last accessed 15/10/2014
Dr Cathy Ota. (). Why eye contact is so important. Available: http://www.workingwithothers.org/about/why-eye-contact-is-so-important/ . Last accessed 16/10/2014.
Opening paragraph:
Children are very hard to work with as they have not grown up and matured yet and because of this they can occur regular mood changes, also have short attention span which can cause them to be distracted easily, if the child is distracted it disrupts the rest of the class. You can also come across different type of personalities of the children some maybe very loud and others shy and sat in the corner, these two types deter you to have a different approach of communication towards them. Parents can be seen as narrow minded because they think their children are angles, this can result to them being unfair as in they could be being a bit unrealistic, this can course some communication problems as it is important for …show more content…
the parents and colleague’s build some sort of relationship as it would be better than to understand and get to know the child’s real problems and personality, this may cause some problems as parents can be quite naive when it comes to their children as they are meant to be the perfect child to have existed; it will be some struggle for the parents to understand that their child may not be that little angel that they believed. Colleagues need to learn to be civil to one another other whys it may affect the children within their class. Many colleagues are friends with one another so it would be hard to go against a friend and report them if they have done something wrong or are in the wrong, but if you don’t, you are making it unfair on the children as it is reflecting on them. The big key to teaching is being able to keep certain thing confidential, if you are in the hall way you do not go speaking to another teacher about confidential information for other people i.e. parents to come along and over hear.
Posture:
When talking to a child you should make sure you are not making them feel uncomfortable or unequal compared to you.
It is important in early years especially because younger children take on everything they see as something, say you were talking to the child and you had your arms crossed it is not giving of an upbeat message all it is doing is making them feel less likely to listen as you are not giving them the idea of enthusiasm. Whereas if you had more of an open posture they would seem more enamoured to trust and participate in your lesson rather than tuning out. If you look at someone else’s posture you can always tell what type of mood they are in, if they were slouching in their chair they are not showing concentration or participence in the class whereas if they were sat up giving ideas and helping one another they are interested and willing to participate. It all comes down to the way that the teacher is portraying her body language and manner to the people surrounding her. ‘Body language is also sometimes known as non-verbal communication.the context of the message can be made clear through the use of body language. It helps the other person to know what message is giving off from the messenger’. For example if your face reflected anger it gives the reciever the message to stay away from them whereas a smiley face which is one that a nurse should always have towards the patient shows a welcoming, warmth and openness and is likely to encourge posotive interaction. …show more content…
This relates to posture because if you were sat with a stern face they are less likely to not be open with you.
Eye contact:
This helps us see the client’s emotional and physical state. Depending on what state you are in eye contact can be a good example of what mood you are in, if you were sat in a lesson and you happened to be staring out the window or into mid-space this allows us to realise that you are not concentrating and are bored of the happenings that are going on around you, or it could mean something completely different that you are feeling devalued or maybe you are even feeling angry that it has driven you to be in a solemn state. Eye contact it shows the client we are listening, paying attention to, it gives off the message and shows that we are trying to understand what they are talking about or perhaps even going through. Care workers should especially be careful of this because by having direct eye contact can sometimes enhance the conversation or inhibit it. It can also be seen as showing an interest in conversation in some places. It makes the messenger feel like they are the center of attention and what is going on around them they are oblivious to; in other places it is seen as rude and unstabalising. When it comes to children eye contact is very important especially as it helps them to develop better ‘Once groups can make eye contact with each other they have taken a major step forward in developing mutual respect, being together and being ready to talk and support each other; and it’s not just the children or students who benefit from this learning. As the adult leading and teaching the class you have an easier time delivering the lesson, because the children are starting to get on better with each other and feel safer’.
Tone & Pace:
When talking to children, they are less likely to taking in what you say when you speak to them directly whereas if you uses pictures or a non-verbal activity they are more likely to take in more. ‘It is important to slow down, when giving a coaching or counselling session. If a person speaks slower, it has a number of positive effects on the communication’. As it is younger years they respond you high pitch nicer voices normally as they find this more friendly and lighter mood and speaking slowely as they can not process things fast like we can once we have matured. ‘the tone that is used reflects the content of the conversation. Warmth of tone can convey friendliness and can help a person feel at ease... a sharptone which indicates disaproveal, it could cause the reciever to be unconfortable and perhaps intimidated’ Using the correct tone is important as it indicates our feeling and is quickly transferred to the listener. For younger people the pace of your voice is very important, if you vary it interest is added and they start to interact, but speaking at the same face throught the whole time it can become very boring and they start to tune out. Talking quickly brings the feeling of excitement, but making a point it is most likely that the pace will be slowed down so that they can take it in better and understand.
Active listening:
When active listening, the listner is trying to hold back the tempatation of being rude and saying that they already know everything they’re talking about.
It’s easy to think toy know everything everyone else is saying and just wanting them to stop or infact ‘just get to the bottom line’. Thoughts like this make it difficult to properly hear and interpret the speaker’s words and can deny both parties the opportunity for deeper understanding and to resolve potential misunderstandings. ‘Mostly when people are speaking, they are showing feelings, not just information and facts. When the listener responds back to the facts while ignoring the feelings, this can leave the speaker with an unsatisfied sense that their feelings haven’t been seen, understood or cared about hence leading to tension between listener and speaker’. This can subsequently make it more difficult for the speaker to then listen actively when it’s their turn to listen.Yet when the listener has tuned in to the feelings being expressed, as well as the information and facts, and shows a good attempt to acknowledge those feelings, then the speaker may gain more satisfaction and hence in turn feel more open and positive as the communication continues. Young children don’t tend to use much active listening as their minds are all over the place and making up random stories whenever it chooses, so active listening does not respond well to
them.
References
Chris Farmer. (2011). Communication skills training: Voice tone. Available: http://corporatecoachgroup.com/blog/communication-skills-training-voice-tone . Last accessed 15/10/14
Angela Fisher (2006). Health and Social Care. United Kingdom: Folens. p55-57.
Genevieve Simperingham. (2013). Active listening improves communication in the parent child relationship. Available: http://www.peacefulparent.com/active-listening-improves-the-parent-child-relationshi/ . Last accessed 15/10/2014
Dr Cathy Ota. (). Why eye contact is so important. Available: http://www.workingwithothers.org/about/why-eye-contact-is-so-important/ . Last accessed 16/10/2014.