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Group Interaction

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My Group interaction consisted of me being put in place of someone in the medical profession talking to a group of people about recent treatments/illnesses. I chose to speak to a group of children in their playroom in a nursery.

My interaction took place in a playroom which held many different barriers for me to think about and plan before my interaction took place. I laid the furniture that was available to avoid as many barriers as I could. Also having a range of ages in my group would need to be considered because some would have longer attention spans than others. I laid out the playroom as shown in the diagram below. I wanted to set out so I catered for all ages ranging from 3-7. I only wanted to keep the children there for 5 minutes because of their differing attention spans.

As my diagram indicates I set out the playroom very carefully. I laid it out in this way for many of the same reasons as for my one to one. Refer back to my one to one for those reasons. In addition I asked the children where they would like to sit, at the table or on the pillows. They said they wanted to sit at the pillows. This is an example of empowerment because the children can control their own situations and control what choices they make. I also chose to sit on a pillow as well rather than a chair so I was at their level. If I was in a chair it would show a sense of hierarchy and would intimidate many of them which would result in them not wanting to talk to me. I gave them a choice which led to them feeling empowered concerning the T.V. I gave them a choice of what DVD they could watch after we had spoken about them. I decided to close the windows and the blinds because it was a very cold day when I did my group interaction and I did not want my clients to feel cold and uncomfortable. Feeling uncomfortable could result in them not wanting to open up and speak openly to me. I also closed the blinds because I did not want my children to be distracted because I only had them for a short while to ensure they did not get bored. I had to extract the most amount of information I could during the short time most of the children were paying attention.

With my clients I based the questions on the same ones in my One to One. However I had to modify them slightly to fit in with my target group which are boys and girls in the 3-7 age range. I also spoke to each of the children’s parents and gave each of them a confidentiality form which stated that I would only use the information I obtained for my portfolio and I agreed to change their name for confidentiality reasons. Using a confidentiality form shows that I am transmitting the confidentiality of information section of the care value base. I also will have to be careful that I do not reveal any information about any of my clients to other carers/clients. This is a moral and legal right which promotes safety and security to each of my client’s parents. This would make the parents feel assured that I would only use the information gathered for my portfolio.

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My clients are a lot younger than me so I will have to modify my language drastically to transmit that I respect them and their opinion. I will make sure I use small words and small sentences but because I have such a large range of age groups I will have to adopt different registers to suit each of their needs. I will generally adopt a formal register so that the children feel like I know what I am talking about. However I do not want to sound too formal because that can cause my clients to shut down ...

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A good discussion of an observation carried out with young children. The writer has made some good observations and links the care value base and theory well. There are a few areas where the work could be expanded - the evaluation in particular. The work could be enhanced by further explanations rather than descriptions. ****