Risk-Benefit Worksheet Case Study

Unit 3.3.1 – How communication with children and young people differs across different age ranges and stages of development

This might be through a mix of open and closed questions. For example, a closed question such as “are you enjoying this?” is quite safe as it allows the child to simply answer yes or no and they can add to it if they wish. Open questions such as “why do you like this one?” are good at encouraging children to talk a little more as they require a fuller answer. Using questions can show your interest and help you explore some issues.

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

Adults sometimes forget that children communicate on a much more literal level than they do; their conversation is often

Effectively supporting children with realistic responses to their questions, ideas, suggestions and concerns is essential to developing their communication skills; you should put aside your own feelings

Being able to adapt styles of communication to the needs of those who do not or cannot communicate verbally, sign language, Makaton or PECS (picture exchange communication system) are all different ways and skills used to communicate positively.

Children communicate through a variety of ways this could be information or feelings using signals, speech, body language, facial expressions or by the written word. For example at my school we communicate by writing in the home school book, or phoning parents or verbally talking to them. In my setting we have may have some children that are non-verbal and they can communicate in a variety of different ways, one of the main ways is through PECS known as Picture Exchange Communication System, they can also communicate through facial expressions or body language and even Makaton

We have to adapt different ways of communication with children and young people. Children of different ages will have various levels of attention and requirements to that of an older child.

I would make sure the context of the communication was age appropriate using simple words that

People with Autism can have difficulties with trying to make friends. They tend to appear cold and aloof, and they prefer to be alone. [2] The service user will have difficulties talking to others and the service user might need other ways of communicating for example, they might need PECS to help them. The Picture Exchange Communication System helps people who struggle with their speech and need help identifying everyday things. PECS also helps the service user spell and distinguish different letters and their sounds.

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

Problems may arise when messages at the content level conflict with nonverbal messages at another level. An example of this can be “I love you” and “I despise you”. A child that is continually exposed to a mixed style of communication like this may feel helpless and can respond by withdrawing.

Communication is a two way process which allows us to express our thoughts and feelings to others, while allowing us in turn to understand what others are trying to convey to us. Communication involves speech and language (verbal) as well as facial expression, gesture and body language (non-verbal). Communication is an essential life skill for children and young people and it underpins their social, emotional and educational development. (Bercow 2008)

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.

With regards to environmental policy, it is important for governments to consider concepts such as risk, economic efficiency and cost-benefit. A common concern voiced by proponents of regulatory reform in recent decades has been that the costs associated with certain regulations outweigh the benefits that the regulations are intended to provide (Tengs &Graham, 1996). Another, and somewhat related, view is that, more intelligent regulatory policies could achieve the same social goals (e.g., cleaner environment, safer workplaces) at less cost, or could achieve more ambitious goals at the same cost (Tengs &Graham, 1996). For the reasons above, Federal Agencies, have invested in using tools such as the cost benefit analysis and