Cu 2941 1.2 Essay
CU 2941 1.2.
Give examples of the different types of partnerships you work with and explain how you support effective communication with each one.
Working partnerships include:
• Students
• Parents and carers
• Educational staff - teachers, support staff and workshop lecturers
• Additional staff – personal care, cleaners, building maintenance, bank, volunteers, agency, students on placement (nursing, H&SC)
• Local borough supporting agencies – Social services, SALT, physiotherapists, psychologists, dieticians, community nurses, respite
• Other special needs colleges, schools and day services
Communication with groups of and individual students includes using both verbal and non-verbal methods. Examples of which are using simple language, Makaton sign language, symbols and pictures like Widgit (symbol software), accessible timetables, touch cues and gestures, electronic methods like Interactive Whiteboard (IWB), IPads, switches and Big Macks (recordable switches). Communication using these methods is intended to be accessible, empowering and enabling and is personalised according to individuals and small groups dependent on ability and understanding. …show more content…
This is supported by only including necessary information to be shared between class teams and parent/carers, attempting to maintain confidentiality. Other methods of communication include a regular newsletter, parent/carer coffee mornings, termly reports, letters home and annual reviews. Parents/carers will also be contacted via phone for emergencies or situations requiring immediate attention or
Give examples of the different types of partnerships you work with and explain how you support effective communication with each one.
Working partnerships include:
• Students
• Parents and carers
• Educational staff - teachers, support staff and workshop lecturers
• Additional staff – personal care, cleaners, building maintenance, bank, volunteers, agency, students on placement (nursing, H&SC)
• Local borough supporting agencies – Social services, SALT, physiotherapists, psychologists, dieticians, community nurses, respite
• Other special needs colleges, schools and day services
Communication with groups of and individual students includes using both verbal and non-verbal methods. Examples of which are using simple language, Makaton sign language, symbols and pictures like Widgit (symbol software), accessible timetables, touch cues and gestures, electronic methods like Interactive Whiteboard (IWB), IPads, switches and Big Macks (recordable switches). Communication using these methods is intended to be accessible, empowering and enabling and is personalised according to individuals and small groups dependent on ability and understanding. …show more content…
This is supported by only including necessary information to be shared between class teams and parent/carers, attempting to maintain confidentiality. Other methods of communication include a regular newsletter, parent/carer coffee mornings, termly reports, letters home and annual reviews. Parents/carers will also be contacted via phone for emergencies or situations requiring immediate attention or