Developing Professional Relationships
Unit 1 Test
Question 1:
Effective communication is important in developing positive relationships with children young people and adults, by communicating effectively you are setting a foundation from which your relationship can build from. It gives each other a mutual understanding of each other, the type of person you each are, your personalities and perceptions. It develops a trust so the other person feels confident in what you tell them and that they feel comfortable talking and if necessary confiding in you. They also need to feel confident that they can ask you to explain things again and in a different way, if they don’t fully comprehend, most importantly the individual needs to feel safe and secure. It helps you to understand the individuals learning patterns from which you can create programmes and activities to promote there learning style; to find their style you may use Kolb’s theory 1984. It is also important as it helps you to understand the individual’s needs, this could be a simple as not understanding what has been said to or asked of them, or it could be that the individual has a physical or learning disability by communicating effectively and developing a positive relationship you would be able to work together to create a positive and effective learning programme/activity and environment for them. Being able to do all of this helps you assess the individual’s needs, from there you are able to create a personal programme for each individual that is adapted to all their educational needs so that they are able to get the best assistance in their education. For a child it is important to them to know you are there to listen, support and advise them and not to judge them, they are contending with learning a lot of new things and often in a new environment. They may feel uneasy with communicating any problems they are having for the fear of what others may think or being ‘told off’, it is important that you as an adult in a supportive role give as
Question 1:
Effective communication is important in developing positive relationships with children young people and adults, by communicating effectively you are setting a foundation from which your relationship can build from. It gives each other a mutual understanding of each other, the type of person you each are, your personalities and perceptions. It develops a trust so the other person feels confident in what you tell them and that they feel comfortable talking and if necessary confiding in you. They also need to feel confident that they can ask you to explain things again and in a different way, if they don’t fully comprehend, most importantly the individual needs to feel safe and secure. It helps you to understand the individuals learning patterns from which you can create programmes and activities to promote there learning style; to find their style you may use Kolb’s theory 1984. It is also important as it helps you to understand the individual’s needs, this could be a simple as not understanding what has been said to or asked of them, or it could be that the individual has a physical or learning disability by communicating effectively and developing a positive relationship you would be able to work together to create a positive and effective learning programme/activity and environment for them. Being able to do all of this helps you assess the individual’s needs, from there you are able to create a personal programme for each individual that is adapted to all their educational needs so that they are able to get the best assistance in their education. For a child it is important to them to know you are there to listen, support and advise them and not to judge them, they are contending with learning a lot of new things and often in a new environment. They may feel uneasy with communicating any problems they are having for the fear of what others may think or being ‘told off’, it is important that you as an adult in a supportive role give as