Describe how to establish respectful, professional relationships with children
3.1.1
Describe how to establish respectful, professional relationships with children.
It is essential that teachers establish positive relationships with all children. You can establish respectful professional relationships with children and young people by doing the following:
Give children the opportunity to put forward their ideas and provide children with opportunities to express themselves in their own time and using their own words – give children thinking time and talking partner’s time. Give children your full attention when listening to them; this can be achieved through body language, facial expression, speech and gesture. Listening to children is key to establishing a positive relationship; it is essential that teachers listen to children and then respond appropriately, these skills can be modelled to children through speaking and listening.
3.1.2
Describe with examples how to behave appropriately for a child stage of development.
Children like to think they are grown up so they will tend to push the boundaries, they maybe talking to you about school or their friends and slip in a naughty word, when you ask ‘where did you hear that word from’ they will say ‘i heard it from ( say ) another adult’.
When you are communicating with children and young people you need to communicate with them at their ‘age related’ stage of development, because children develop at different stages some might be more advanced than others, children with ‘special needs’ will need more help from other professionals who will assess their stage of development and areas that will need focus on.
Foundation stage and key stage 1
Children of all ages and stages will have varying levels of attention span, the younger children will need more reassurance than the older children, especially when they first start school.
These children are very young so they will be developing their communication and language skills. When you are addressing them you need to
Describe how to establish respectful, professional relationships with children.
It is essential that teachers establish positive relationships with all children. You can establish respectful professional relationships with children and young people by doing the following:
Give children the opportunity to put forward their ideas and provide children with opportunities to express themselves in their own time and using their own words – give children thinking time and talking partner’s time. Give children your full attention when listening to them; this can be achieved through body language, facial expression, speech and gesture. Listening to children is key to establishing a positive relationship; it is essential that teachers listen to children and then respond appropriately, these skills can be modelled to children through speaking and listening.
3.1.2
Describe with examples how to behave appropriately for a child stage of development.
Children like to think they are grown up so they will tend to push the boundaries, they maybe talking to you about school or their friends and slip in a naughty word, when you ask ‘where did you hear that word from’ they will say ‘i heard it from ( say ) another adult’.
When you are communicating with children and young people you need to communicate with them at their ‘age related’ stage of development, because children develop at different stages some might be more advanced than others, children with ‘special needs’ will need more help from other professionals who will assess their stage of development and areas that will need focus on.
Foundation stage and key stage 1
Children of all ages and stages will have varying levels of attention span, the younger children will need more reassurance than the older children, especially when they first start school.
These children are very young so they will be developing their communication and language skills. When you are addressing them you need to