Future Child Communication

skills including communication skills are not mastered only in early childhood but are built over

Being able to communicate through speech and language, but more importantly understand and use communication effectively is critical in supporting and developing the behavioural, emotional and social needs of a child or young person.

When communicating with children, a number of skills need to be demonstrated to communicate effectively. Children learn to communicate through the responses of others, if they feel they have not had there contributions valued they are less likely to initiate communication themselves appropriate responses reinforce the child’s self-esteem, values this is important in building relationships initiating conversations and finding out the answers to questions builds on the language skills that are integral to child’s learning. In the setting working with children with

For my informative speech, I wanted to pick a topic that I was familiar with but also wanted to know more about. I came to the conclusion to do my speech over child development. I thought it would be interesting because I am taking a class over child development and my future career is going to be early childhood education and elementary education. (Q.1.) The specific purpose of my speech was to teach my audience what child development is and the three components of child development. I think I did well teaching my audience child development because I clearly stated the three components, I established credibility, and made it relatable to my audience. Everyone has been through child development, if you have not been then you would still be an infant.

Poor communication, this may result in valuable information being overlooked or withheld that may be important to development of the child.

Having a good role models presented to them in childhood will help them understand how to be effective communicators in their future lives and build positive relationships of their own. Building on good communication will strengthen your relationship with them resulting in better trust and confidence to participate in learning activities

Effective communication allows children and young people to improve their language skills, extend their thinking and advance their learning and understanding. It also improves a young personâ€TMs confidence

My understanding of child development will help assist me in my chosen profession because I will be able to help the parents and children that I will be working with. By being knowledgeable in child development I will be able to answer any questions that may arise from the parents. It will help me to do my job correctly and be able to bring out the best in the children I work with. It also gives me a chance to share my knowledge of child development with others. By knowing that each child goes through each stage of development at different times and knowing when a child may not be learning at the rate they are supposed to be, I may be able to catch a child that may have a learning disability because I know what signs to look for and when to notify the parents of any concerns. Also, by knowing what stage of development a child is in and what age, I will be able to implement the correct programs and activities for them that will challenge them.

Effective communication is purposeful and is influenced by the context in which it is used. Language is used to communicate for a variety of reasons including entertainment, reporting, demanding, instructing, inquiring, persuading, socialising and so on. These are often reffered to as the functions of language; the purpose behind the communication. For example, " Good morning Seth, time to get up. It looks like it will be a warm day today. What are we having for breakfast? Meanwhile he slowly sits up says "morning" . I used instruction, inquiry and socialising while getting my children up and ready for the day. Being able to use language for a range of purposes is important for a child's language development, equally important is the ability

The focus of my all my classes is to extend student knowledge! Sometimes, I might focus on various topics they may have little or no experience with. I try to expand students’ understanding of a topic by focusing on vocabulary study, listening to academic lectures, facilitating group discussions, and various other

Speech, language and communication skills support learning development because they help children and young people to understand what is being

To maintain a positive relationship with children and young people it is important to adapt the variation of communication levels. Communication adaptations for a child may be because of their age. The age of a child will play a massive part in communicating as you will have to adapt the extent or communication and vocabulary used as they won't have a broad range. The context when communicating with children may be less formal to ensure the child understand what is happening. Children of a young age have various levels of attention and is important to try and keep the child interested until the task is finished, this can be done by showing support and reassurance to their work and also to keep listening to what they are trying to do and show.

The process of developing positive relationships requires effective communication, where an individual expresses and models proper communication skills. Effective communication only occurs when there are positive relationships as parents and other adults are likely to provide beneficial support in school when there is strong and effective communication. The communication and language development of children and young people is expressed in various ways. This includes response to smiles and sound, recognition of familiar voices, and awareness of other sounds ("Child and Young

When working with children at a head start program a lot of the children are coming from different cultures and languages. I had to find ways to communicate with the children and their families that did not understand the English language by providing visual support and finding resources

Good communication is a criterion that sets many students apart in terms of traits. This is useful when building any form of rapport between them and the lecture or tutor. A student that respectfully communicates has also come out as self-motivated and is more likely to get more help from the teacher since their problems are aired out effectively. Students that do not communicate can be misjudged and mistaken for lack of motivation and self-confidence. In addition, students who are good communicators are made, not born (Floyd, 2013).