Communication with Children

by escott (student)

Communication

Relatively advanced communication has been around for approximately 50,000 years scientists predict, from the arrival of the modern humans. We have been striving to advance and invent new ways to communicate more efficiently, as well as advancing our knowledge. This has helped bring us languages (verbal communication), given us appreciation for more allusive communication like body languages and even categorised the communication we have developed into formal and informal communication. These method are still used today, and these are what gives us the ability to understand one anther and to be able to communicate are feeling to each other. These are considered as natural forms of communication, something we develop as infants by watch are parents and others we meet, fine-tuning and developing it all the time. It a pinnacle of our society and are standing in the world.

This is not to say other members of the animal kingdom do not communicate because they do. Through a range of grunts, roars etc to show primal emotions and to display dominance, like are closest relative the ape does this. It is thought the reason we developed our advanced communication was because we started to do tasks like hunting in groups. This gave us free time, which allowed us to tell stories and pass on there knowledge. Also the thing that made us different from the apes was the FOXP2 gene. The FOXP2 gene has only got two amino acids different to the apes equivalent gene, but them two amino acid difference was enough to give us languages.

Past studies have shown that there is a time for the development of languages. We no this because there has been a study on a ferial child, done admits French revelation. It was on a young child (around the age of 11 or 12 years old,) who was later called Victor, this was done by doctor jean-marc Gasard Itard, chief physician of the institution for the Deaf-Mutes in Paris. It showed after 5 years of continues specialised teaching victor never achieved the ability of language, which shows us how important early development is.

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This has helped in educational setting like nurseries, to make the best environment. There have been developments like baby sign language, which gives the carer’s greater understanding of the child’s needs and helps us individualise there learning. Also there are thing like baby yoga and activities like music lessons, which helps to encourage more confidence which handling babies, as well building better understanding of the individual baby.

For toddlers the focus is more on the way you communicate with the child for example bending down so you speak to the child on there level, keeping sentences short and simple clear instructions are the best. This is not to say children should not be exposed to a large variety of word because this is quite the opposite. At 2 years old children learn about 10 new words a day, limiting the vocabulary they are exposed to will only hurt them. These methods can be used in nursery or early year education. For example if a child was upset you would bend down to their level and us short sharp sentences to find out what’s wrong with the child. If another child were involved you would speak to them in the same manor. Most parents use things like “the naughty” step which communicates there unhappiness with the child and is a form of punishment but this is controversial because some say it humiliate the child into submission. Methods like this have been popularised by television shows like supper nanny, which witch is about unruly children and their parents learning have to decupling them.

Babies up to the age of one are the most adapted at learning because at this time their brains are like sponge, and very adaptable. In cases where the baby brain was damaged some children manage to re-route abilities that was lost to the undamaged part of the brain. After one it is less likely the brain will do this but the ability learn has not. This allows children to learn things like second languages and other skill more easily then their adult counterparts.

Children also start getting better at nonverbal communication like body language, gestures and facial expressions. These can be used to express emotions to babies who do not fully understand verbal communication and to children to reinforce other methods of communication. This can also be used in adult communication for instance in care home if someone is hard of hearing.

When someone has fully lost the use of there hearing other methods of communication like sign language will be used. People can also use brail when someone has this disability. This is a form of the written work but instead of visual stimulants there are a sequences of bumps, which uses touch.

Disabilities like these can’t be solver but there are still many ways to communicate, weather it is at a road crossing where they have been tactile placed to highlight to the blind where a crossing is or elevators with brail on the buttons as well as numbers. Most health and social carers use things like leaflets with brail on them and now with the help of technology they can things like Skype, so even when they are not present they can see and understand the patient.

Technology plays a huge part in communication in the modern age. Carers now text patient with there appointment times and stay in ready contact with them for emergencies or to report cancelations. This is now widely used in the NHS as this is a more viable way and more importantly cheaper way to keep in contact. This is the same as calling someone, most people have mobiles which are a lot more reliable then the house phones as these are usually kept on a person most of the day. Email is another reliable way of communicating because now most mobiles have emails built in, which takes away the need for a computer.

Technology also helps in diagnosing patient now, the usual mandatory journey top the GP is even being impacted, because of programs like embarrassing bodies live chat. There are also things on the Internet that helps self diagnose. It is always advised to go to the doctor but these ways may revolutionise the health care system.

There are many ways to communicate and all impact health and social care sometimes in unforeseen ways. Communication is the key to the successes of are species and helps carers care for people. Of course need to have communication skills, which are;