Level 3 Diploma for Children and Young Peoples Workforce
Develop Positive Relationship with Children, Young People and Others Involved in Their Care
Unit 5 Unit Code: CYP Core 3.5
1. Be able to develop positive relationships with children and young people.
1.1 Explain why positive relationships with children and young people are important and how these are built and maintained.
Positive relationships are extremely important if you want the child to thrive and grow within your setting. Being a positive role model is essential as the child needs to feel secure in your care. If a positive relationship has been formed, it makes it easier to work with the child to develop all kinds of areas. Such as speech and language, the more you interact with a child with positive gestures, comments and actions and body language, the more they will relax in your company and feel they can and want to talk to you, open up with feelings and requests and join in activities. This in turn makes for a happy child.
Babies for instance, they need comfort and bonding time with their key person. Spending time with a baby not only playing, but simple gestures as cuddling, rocking, soothing and singing. Also, when you are changing their nappy or feeding them. This time is precious as you have direct contact with the child. You can talk and show affection by making faces, by touch and laughing. It is important to give them eye contact. This time is sometimes more important then planned activities.
Toddlers also need the same comfort of cuddles and taking time to just talk to them and again give them eye contact and special moments that make them feel individual which can be sometimes lost in a setting with more than one child. It is important to be consistent with routines and discipline so that a child can feel safe and secure. Also, to keep promises. If a child is promised that tomorrow or later than day we can read a special book that they have bought with them, then we
Unit 5 Unit Code: CYP Core 3.5
1. Be able to develop positive relationships with children and young people.
1.1 Explain why positive relationships with children and young people are important and how these are built and maintained.
Positive relationships are extremely important if you want the child to thrive and grow within your setting. Being a positive role model is essential as the child needs to feel secure in your care. If a positive relationship has been formed, it makes it easier to work with the child to develop all kinds of areas. Such as speech and language, the more you interact with a child with positive gestures, comments and actions and body language, the more they will relax in your company and feel they can and want to talk to you, open up with feelings and requests and join in activities. This in turn makes for a happy child.
Babies for instance, they need comfort and bonding time with their key person. Spending time with a baby not only playing, but simple gestures as cuddling, rocking, soothing and singing. Also, when you are changing their nappy or feeding them. This time is precious as you have direct contact with the child. You can talk and show affection by making faces, by touch and laughing. It is important to give them eye contact. This time is sometimes more important then planned activities.
Toddlers also need the same comfort of cuddles and taking time to just talk to them and again give them eye contact and special moments that make them feel individual which can be sometimes lost in a setting with more than one child. It is important to be consistent with routines and discipline so that a child can feel safe and secure. Also, to keep promises. If a child is promised that tomorrow or later than day we can read a special book that they have bought with them, then we