Building Relationships And Communicating With Young Children

Why is it important for social workers to form meaningful relationships with young children on their caseloads? And how can social workers develop meaningful relationships with these young children? This book provides a timely, invaluable resource and practical guide for social work students specialising in family and child care and for practitioners who have young children on their caseloads. Packed with real life examples of in-depth interviews conducted with young children known to social services, it outlines what can be done to improve practice in this challenging and demanding area. Building Relationships and Communicating with Young Children is the first book to bring to life the perspectives of young children and to highlight their competency within the interview process. It: explores the key ingredients required by social workers to establish, maintain, nurture and value their relationships with young children highlights what young children, within the context of meaningful relationships with social workers, can tell us about their circumstances, their perspectives, their feelings and their views uses case examples to identify best practice guidelines including methods and techniques for social workers to build meaningful relationships with young children on their caseloads makes recommendations regarding how best to positively engage and work with young children. Written by a social worker and university lecturer with 16 years experience of working in the field of child protection, this textbook is full of case studies and practical advice about how to form relationships with young children known to social services, the most appropriate methods to use and how to represent their perspectives. It is essential reading for all social work students as well as social work practitioners and other social and health care professionals.

Positive relationships between practitioners and parents are essential for young children’s wellbeing, but achieving this can be difficult if there is not enough understanding about how relationships work when one person (the practitioner or teacher) has to play the professional role. Strong communication skills are fundamental to this relationship and to building a sense of community between home and nursery or school. This new book explores how practitioners can build warm, friendly and caring relationships with parents. It clearly explains the dynamics of a conversation, the theory behind how relationships are formed or destroyed and provides practical strategies to put this knowledge into practice. Grounded in the theories of attachment, transactional analysis and solution focused therapy this book will help you to: Increase your level of self awareness Improve your listening skills Understand ‘how’ to communicate with different parent ‘types‘ Learn how to conduct an individual parent interview Develop professional care giving skills Full of practical examples and strategies, this text will be welcomed by early years practitioners and students who wish to develop the skills and confidence they need to effectively communicate with the parents of the children they care for.

Learn how to work with and relate to the family of each child in an early childhood education program. Includes ideas about transforming the way schools and programs relate to families - each one according to their unique assets and needs with the goal of enriching and enlivening the school community and ensuring better outcomes for each child and the entire program. It will emphasize strategies for getting to know each family the way you get to know an individual person, and learn about their interests, their strengths, their style of interacting and their needs/challenges to encourage programs to move away from one-size-fits-all approaches to family engagement.

This book provides a timely, invaluable resource and practical guide for social work students specialising in family and child care and for practitioners who have young children on their caseloads. Packed with real life examples of in-depth interviews conducted with young children known to social services, it outlines what can be done to improve practice in this challenging and demanding area.

Is your child a good communicator? Can your child make & keep the right kinds of friends? Do you want your child to be a good leader& team player? 12 step-by-step activities help parents support children to manage their emotions & develop effective & thoughtful communication which helps kids build strong relationships with family, friends & peers.Research shows that kids who have close friends are safer from bullying and are less likely to experience anxiety & depression than children who are loners. Kids feel safest and happiest when they have good friends. Kids are social by nature, so being able to manage their emotions, communicate & relate with others is a valuable skill for building personal relationships with family & friends. It's heartbreaking for a parent to hear their child say; 'I've got no friends, nobody wants to be with me'. And, it's frightening for parents when their kids get in with the wrong crowd. Help your child make the right kinds of friends, know what it means to be a good friend & develop their communication skills so you can feel relaxed knowing they can make & keep good friends. One of the main ingredients of good communication is listening & managing emotions. Research shows that most people are not good listeners. However, we all want to be heard & understood, & it's for this reason that people who have good listening skills tend to have more successful interpersonal relationships & closer friendships.Understanding the complexity of social relationships requires more than just trial & error, or a simple understanding of 'manners'. Communication & social skills are developed over time, through a comprehensive program of instruction, interaction, experience, reflection & practice. At school kids have so many team projects and activities. Learning how to cooperate & work in a group, as well as understanding when to take the lead & when to follow, are valuable skills for ensuring your child's good education. Other social skills your kids will learn in this book include active listening, understanding how to avoid unnecessary conflict, managing & expressing anger in an effective way & how to be a good communicator. Each of these activities supports your child to develop strong relationships with their family & friends, as well as relate in a productive & harmonious way in life.

How we raise young children is one of today's most highly personalized and sharply politicized issues, in part because each of us can claim some level of "expertise." The debate has intensified as discoveries about our development-in the womb and in the first months and years-have reached the popular media. How can we use our burgeoning knowledge to assure the well-being of all young children, for their own sake as well as for the sake of our nation? Drawing from new findings, this book presents important conclusions about nature-versus-nurture, the impact of being born into a working family, the effect of politics on programs for children, the costs and benefits of intervention, and other issues. The committee issues a series of challenges to decision makers regarding the quality of child care, issues of racial and ethnic diversity, the integration of children's cognitive and emotional development, and more. Authoritative yet accessible, From Neurons to Neighborhoods presents the evidence about "brain wiring" and how kids learn to speak, think, and regulate their behavior. It examines the effect of the climate-family, child care, community-within which the child grows.

As parents we want to have loving, meaningful and strong relationships with our children. One way we build and maintain these relationships is communication. Learning to communicate effectively, listening with love and responding with care and respect is the foundation upon which healthy attachment develops. In this easy to follow guide Anna Seewald offers simple, yet practical tools for deepening your connection with your child, learning to be present, listen without judgment, make requests with respect and elicit cooperation without yelling.You'll learn how to: --Engage your child's willing cooperation by using the language of acceptance --Listen with love--Set realistic expectations--Break the cycle of negativityThe guide also offers appropriate podcast episode suggestions to bolster your learning and support you on becoming a more con dent and joyful parent

Practitioners must be able to listen, talk, communicate and engage with children and young people if they are going to make a real difference to their lives. The key principles of collaborative, relational, child-centred working underpin all the ideas in this bestselling, practice-focused textbook. Using an innovative ‘Knowing, Being, Doing’ model, it features reflective exercises, practice examples, vignettes, cutting-edge research findings and theoretical perspectives. This new edition includes: • Updated references to policy, legislation, professional requirements, practice tools and research, including around unaccompanied young refugees and asylum seekers, and child sexual exploitation; • New learning from ethnographic and observational research of social workers’ direct practice with children; • Added focus on the context for practice, including the role of supervision and organisational containment in developing practitioners’ emotional capabilities. With detailed coverage of key skills, this book will equip students and practitioners with the critical thinking and tools needed for effective practice in order to promote the welfare, protection and rights of children and young people.