This essay will look at the importance of communication and interpersonal communication
skills, partnership working and reflective practice in relation to working with children young
people and their families. The essay will look at the roles and responsibilities of a multi-
disciplinary team and the factors than can influence the performance of a team when it
comes to partnership working. The essay will also look at why children need to be able to
communicate and the different types of barriers to communication and how to be able to
overcome these barriers. The importance of interpersonal skills being used by a practitioner
when working with children, young people and their families will be discussed and the
different models of reflection and how they can be applied to practice will be explained.
Communication is the procedure of sending and receiving messages via nonverbal or verbal
methods with another person (Nordquist 2019). Communication is a continuous process
meaning that even when there is silence, we still try to read the messages that an
individual’s body language is giving off. Communication is also a process that cannot be
reversed once we have said something and our messaged have been communicated, we
cannot take that message back (Verderber et al 2016). There are multiple different methods
of communication, nonverbal methods can be visual representations like maps and graphs,
there is also sign language and brail for those who are audio and visually impaired.
Nonverbal methods can include technological forms of communication like text and email
and there is also the form of handwritten letters or written notes (Nordquist 2019). Verbal
methods of communicating can include having a conversation with someone, giving a
speech or sending voice messages. It is important to be able to offer a child options of how
they would like to communicate in case they face any barriers that limit their
communication skills. It is the job of the setting that the child is in to provide a team to help
the child overcome any barriers to communication they may face. Communication is
, essential when it comes to socialising and satisfying our social needs. Socialising can be as
important as food and water to a child and without socializing it can cause them to become
depressed. Children need to develop communication skills in order to build and maintain
relationships in throughout their life with friends, families and practitioners. As a child it is
important for them to communicate to develop a sense of who they are and learn what they
are good at and what they could improve on. Children communicate in order to send and
receive information with other individuals like to be able to tell their parents or families
what their wants and needs are or being able to take instructions off a child practitioner
(Verderber et al 2016). Communication is essential when a child has to express their needs
to somebody else or communicate their concerns in the case that anything is not right.
Communication is developed by children watching and learning adults speak and watching
how they speak. As a child ages they learn how to show passion when they speak by using
hand gestures and show interstation in the conversation by having the right body language
(Youth Employment UK 2021).
As a baby and toddler, it is hard for them to be able to communicate their wants and needs.
Babies and toddlers communicate their wants and needs through eye contact, facial
expressions, pointing to items, trying to gesture what they want or using key words if they
can communicate verbally (Early Education 2012). As child practitioner and a parent, it is
important to be able to recognise these signs of communication from babies and toddlers
and understand what they are trying to communicate. It is important that the baby or
toddler is surrounded by individuals communicating daily so that they can learn through
imitation how to develop their communication skills. As the baby ages from a baby to a
toddler their ability to communicate should develop but also so does their need to
skills, partnership working and reflective practice in relation to working with children young
people and their families. The essay will look at the roles and responsibilities of a multi-
disciplinary team and the factors than can influence the performance of a team when it
comes to partnership working. The essay will also look at why children need to be able to
communicate and the different types of barriers to communication and how to be able to
overcome these barriers. The importance of interpersonal skills being used by a practitioner
when working with children, young people and their families will be discussed and the
different models of reflection and how they can be applied to practice will be explained.
Communication is the procedure of sending and receiving messages via nonverbal or verbal
methods with another person (Nordquist 2019). Communication is a continuous process
meaning that even when there is silence, we still try to read the messages that an
individual’s body language is giving off. Communication is also a process that cannot be
reversed once we have said something and our messaged have been communicated, we
cannot take that message back (Verderber et al 2016). There are multiple different methods
of communication, nonverbal methods can be visual representations like maps and graphs,
there is also sign language and brail for those who are audio and visually impaired.
Nonverbal methods can include technological forms of communication like text and email
and there is also the form of handwritten letters or written notes (Nordquist 2019). Verbal
methods of communicating can include having a conversation with someone, giving a
speech or sending voice messages. It is important to be able to offer a child options of how
they would like to communicate in case they face any barriers that limit their
communication skills. It is the job of the setting that the child is in to provide a team to help
the child overcome any barriers to communication they may face. Communication is
, essential when it comes to socialising and satisfying our social needs. Socialising can be as
important as food and water to a child and without socializing it can cause them to become
depressed. Children need to develop communication skills in order to build and maintain
relationships in throughout their life with friends, families and practitioners. As a child it is
important for them to communicate to develop a sense of who they are and learn what they
are good at and what they could improve on. Children communicate in order to send and
receive information with other individuals like to be able to tell their parents or families
what their wants and needs are or being able to take instructions off a child practitioner
(Verderber et al 2016). Communication is essential when a child has to express their needs
to somebody else or communicate their concerns in the case that anything is not right.
Communication is developed by children watching and learning adults speak and watching
how they speak. As a child ages they learn how to show passion when they speak by using
hand gestures and show interstation in the conversation by having the right body language
(Youth Employment UK 2021).
As a baby and toddler, it is hard for them to be able to communicate their wants and needs.
Babies and toddlers communicate their wants and needs through eye contact, facial
expressions, pointing to items, trying to gesture what they want or using key words if they
can communicate verbally (Early Education 2012). As child practitioner and a parent, it is
important to be able to recognise these signs of communication from babies and toddlers
and understand what they are trying to communicate. It is important that the baby or
toddler is surrounded by individuals communicating daily so that they can learn through
imitation how to develop their communication skills. As the baby ages from a baby to a
toddler their ability to communicate should develop but also so does their need to
