know how to interact with and respond to children and young people

TDA 2.3: Communication and professional relationships with children, young people and adults

KNOW HOW TO INTERACT WITH AND RESPOND TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

1.1 Describe how to establish respectful, professional relationships with children and young people
When establishing respectful, professional relationships with children and young people you will need to change your behaviour and communication appropriately. You will need to demonstrate adequate communication skills, be approachable and capable of working in an environment with shared support.
Children and young people should be made to feel valued and secure by your actions regardless of age, culture and abilities this will need to be best to gain these at the beginning of the relationship.
You will need to be aware of the issues which may be important to the children and young people and make time to talk to them about these issues. Make them feel like part of the school by communicating positively with them and getting involved.

1.2 Describe with examples how to behave appropriately for a child or young person’s stage of development

When communicating with children and young people you should keep in mind their stage of development, remembering that children of different needs and ages will require different levels of attentions and support. For example:
Children in Foundation and Key stage 1 will still be developing their communication and language skills so when speaking to them you will need to get down to their level so you don’t appear intimidating. They may need to be reminded that it is important to take turns when speaking and that they should also listen to others. You will need to speak clearly and check that they understand what has been said by asking them to repeat it back to you. You will need to remember that children at this stage has a short concentration span and will sometimes find it hard to manage time change and excitement if you are thinking of making changes to their normal school day.
Children in Key Stage 2 communications skills will start to mature. You may find that they are more accustomed to the formalities of conversations and are less self-centred. They are likely to be more considerate of others when speaking (letting others speaks first). Some may still need to be reminded to take turns when speaking; this may be part of their personality or be due to immaturity
Children in Key Stage 3 and 4 will be capable of using formal and informal communication. They will now understand how to communicate using different types of technologies. Some teenagers may become self-conscious when speaking in front of others becoming embarrassed; you will need to help them regain their confidence by giving them more time and encouraging them to speak out.
You will need to remember that the vocabulary skills for a child who has English as an addition language will take longer to develop and that their pattern of speech may differ. This should be handled carefully so that child’s identity is valued.

1.3 Describe how to deal with disagreement between children and young people

Dealing with disagreements between children and young people can be very challenging as they can be emotional. These can occur during breaks and lunchtimes and some times during learning time. When this happens you need to find out exactly what happened by listening to both sides starting from the beginning. The children should feel that they have been heard and that their point of view has been made. You have establish whether one of the children is in the wrong and make a decision if an apology is needed and if further steps is needed it should be referred to another member of staff. You will need to help them make the link between emotion and behaviour by helping them understand that their feeling can affect their behaviour. For example saying to a child, “I know you are upset because you could play with the building blocks today”

1.4 Describe how own behaviour could

Promote effective interactions with children and young people

Your behaviour will always have an impact on the children and young people around you. Children always look up to the adults and will take lead from adults around them. If we show good behaviour then they will take that in. It means following the guidelines and rules, being polite and respectful towards other. Treat everyone fairly and be aware of your own approach and respond. Being a team player and offering to help others is beneficial in building effective relationships.

Impact negatively on interactions with children and young people

It is very important to have positive qualities which impress the children and giving them something to imitate and thus becoming good. For example, swearing in front of your children teaches them that bad language is appropriate. If you seemed to be angry and unhappy put negative impact on children and young people. If you can‘t listen and respect the class teacher then it make negative impact on children and young people. You can’t tell them to do something when you will not do it yourself.