Active Listening Case Study

Children are social learners and it is crucial that all adults working with them need to model good communication through listening and speaking which will aid the development of the child’s friendships, confidence and self-esteem.

though they are understood. Therefore, to make a child and young person feel this way they need to learn to develop good relationships, this is mainly achieved through effective communication. This involves listening and understanding, engaging with the person, showing respect and interpreting tone, eye contact and voice. Through effective communication they can feel that their values and opinions are important and that they are being listened to and understood.

I have learned that being able to utilise good communication skills is fundamental when working with children. It is so important to building and supporting ongoing relationships, which, along with listening,

Every child needs communication to help promote their learning and development. Every child needs a good listener and eye contact when talking.

Effective communication is important in developing positive relationships with children, young people and adults alike. It is the central key to establishing and maintaining such positive relationships. It means listening, questioning, understanding and responding to match each individual’s stage of development, their age, personal circumstances and their needs. It is important for the communication to be on the same level as the person you are speaking to so that neither person seems to have more power than the other. Good communication is not just about listening and speaking, it is also about watching and feeling. Excellent communication builds trust in relationships with all.

* active listening helps improve mutual understanding and sorting out problems – open up and say what they really mean

This quote helps us understand how children (and adults!) really want to be listened to:

Effective communication is important in developing positive relationships with children and young adults because it helps the child to be able to communicate effectively with other people as they grow. Children react better to clear, concise communication and this in turn will help to build better relationships between child and adult and enable trust to grow, which is one of the key elements in building a relationship. It is also important to listen to the child and let them say what they want to say. Do not try to pre-empt or interrupt them. Try to keep your language and explanation simple and to the point. Make them feel that what

Forming positive relationships through effective communication with children,young people and adults is important for various reasons. Most importantly it is about gaining their trust, so that the relationship has a stable foundation on which to build. If you gain their trust and ultimately their respect this will help in the communication process. At all levels it is about communicating in a way that the individual will understand.

The Office is an NBC produced show that provided comedy on Thursday nights for eight years. The Office is all about the employees of Dunder Mifflin who live in Scranton Pennsylvania (the electric city). The documentary style show films the employees working at the paper as well as filming their personal lives. An average episode of The Office is typically thirty minutes long. But the series had a few hour long episodes, depending on if it was the beginning of the season, or the end. The series finale is one of the few episodes that was an hour long. The series finale displays many different types of listening that was explained in class. Listening is important to any and all types of conversation. Without it, it would be impossible to receive and interpret messages.

When working in a setting it is essential that we teach children at a young age that it safe to come to us with any problems that they have. It is a large part of working with the children that they are safe and feel comfortable to be able to confide in you about anything that is troubling them. You need to be able to notice when something is bothering a child from as young as 6 months as they have no way in speech communication with you until the age of 3 and then it’s not clear what they are trying to tell you. Good and effective practice is shown by being able to share information correctly and efficiently that nothing is lost through the communication. But it is also shown by giving correct information out, so nothing is shared that isn’t

(QCA/DfEE 2008). I have realise that being a good listener is about taking an interest in what the child says and then extend on the area that is being talked about. ‘Reflecting on what children are doing and by listening to them through what they say and do helps us the professionals to learn from them.’’ (ST 2,

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk is an excellent communication guide and an exceptional book all around. It is broad enough to be relevant to just about any relationship, not just between children and adults, though that is what it is intended for. It is based on a series of workshops developed by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. Both authors provide sensible yet simple approaches to improving relationships between adults and children.

It is a way to participate, guide and support your child. There are a few effective ways to communicate with your children; but I would like to deliberate reflective listening as one of the most successful ways for children to open up and share details from their day, issues that happened or problems that they are facing. Reflective listening is best described as listening carefully to your child without interruptions and when they complete their sharing, summarize their sharing and reiterate back to them. When the message is repeated back to the child it also gives an opportunity to reflect back on the

Besides providing more information than any other activity, listening builds deep, positive relationships and tends to alter constructively the attitudes of the listener. Listening is a growth experience.