5.2 Explain How To Adapt Communication With Children And Young People

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Social, professional and cultural backgrounds can hugely affect the relationships and the way people communicate. Some people might feel intimidated by the use of an extensive vocabulary but other people might respond better to it. There also might be a difference in expectations. You always have to stay professional but make sure you find that middle ground. Donâ€TMt get over familiar but donâ€TMt be too distant either. Again, this is different for everyone. One parent might need a more intensive relationship when another parent might not feel the need for this at all.
Cultural backgrounds can affect relationships and the way people communicate immensely. It might be through language problems or certain behavioural difference a relationship
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You need to have empathy, be able to build trust and have mutual respect for the student
You have to understand non verbal communication as that is just as important as the verbal communication.
Question: Question 5
Answer: How do you adapt communication with children and young people for the age of the child or young person?
You have to speak in a way the child or student understands. Children and young people communicate in very different ways. A child of 5 will not understand the same things as a young person of 13 does. For the child you have to speak clearly in language they understand but for the 13 year old you donâ€TMt want to patronise them or speak subjects too grown up for them.
How do you adapt communications with children and young people for the context of the communication?
The context is very important in communication. Every situation requires different communication.
When you communicate face to face the situation is very different from communication on paper.
Also how you would communicate with a child on the playground is different from when you communicate in the classroom.
How do you adapt communications with children and young people for communication