69525 Level 3 Unit Hsc 3029 Support Individuals With Specific Communication Needs 1
Unit Title:
Support individuals with specific communication needs
Unit sector reference:
HSC 3029
Level:
3
Credit value:
5
Guided learning hours:
35
Unit accreditation number:
T/601/8282
Unit purpose and aim
This unit is for those who support individuals with specific communication needs. It provides the learner with the knowledge and skills that address personal interaction and the use of special methods and aids to promote communication.
Learning Outcomes
The learner will:
Assessment Criteria
The learner can:
1
1.1 Explain the importance of meeting an individual’s communication needs
1.2 Explain how own role and practice can impact on communication with an individual who has specific communication needs
1.3 Analyse features of the environment that may help or hinder communication
1.4 Analyse reasons why an individual may use a form of communication that is not based on a formal language system
1.5 Identify a range of communication methods and aids to support individuals to communicate
1.6 Describe the potential effects on an individual of having unmet communication needs
Understand specific communication needs and factors affecting them
© OCR 2010
Exemplification
An individual is someone with specific communication needs who requires care or support
Aids may include:
Technological aids
Human aids
1
Learning Outcomes
The learner will:
Assessment Criteria
The learner can:
2
Be able to contribute to establishing the nature of specific communication needs of individuals and ways to address them
2.1 Work in partnership with the individual and others to identify the individual’s specific communication needs 2.2 Contribute to identifying the communication methods or aids that will best suit the individual
2.3 Explain how and when to access information and support about identifying and addressing specific communication needs
3
Be able to interact with individuals using their preferred communication
3.1 Prepare the environment to facilitate
Support individuals with specific communication needs
Unit sector reference:
HSC 3029
Level:
3
Credit value:
5
Guided learning hours:
35
Unit accreditation number:
T/601/8282
Unit purpose and aim
This unit is for those who support individuals with specific communication needs. It provides the learner with the knowledge and skills that address personal interaction and the use of special methods and aids to promote communication.
Learning Outcomes
The learner will:
Assessment Criteria
The learner can:
1
1.1 Explain the importance of meeting an individual’s communication needs
1.2 Explain how own role and practice can impact on communication with an individual who has specific communication needs
1.3 Analyse features of the environment that may help or hinder communication
1.4 Analyse reasons why an individual may use a form of communication that is not based on a formal language system
1.5 Identify a range of communication methods and aids to support individuals to communicate
1.6 Describe the potential effects on an individual of having unmet communication needs
Understand specific communication needs and factors affecting them
© OCR 2010
Exemplification
An individual is someone with specific communication needs who requires care or support
Aids may include:
Technological aids
Human aids
1
Learning Outcomes
The learner will:
Assessment Criteria
The learner can:
2
Be able to contribute to establishing the nature of specific communication needs of individuals and ways to address them
2.1 Work in partnership with the individual and others to identify the individual’s specific communication needs 2.2 Contribute to identifying the communication methods or aids that will best suit the individual
2.3 Explain how and when to access information and support about identifying and addressing specific communication needs
3
Be able to interact with individuals using their preferred communication
3.1 Prepare the environment to facilitate