when we communicate with children, we need to ensure that active listening is a key one to make them comfortable with and to engage them with us. In a school set up, it is mandated that we need to address people by calling their first name or second name. We must ensure how they are comfortable with their name to call upon. In a school register, their name can be different but in daily routines there preferred name could have been different. We must ensure to know this to establish communication with them and this will pay good results on a long run. (1)
Teaching assistant setting up an example for children and young people in their lives. Hence, We need to use the right language, politeness and empathy. This will help them to build good mannerism and inculcate good virtues within them.(2)
Purpose of communication varies between children, young people, and adults.Children and young people in a school set up, establish communication with us to learn or ask something related to their learning and activities. Whereas, adults who are parents and carers in this context who wish to hear about their kid’s development and performance in the school.It is important that the teaching assistant should keep an appropriate person such as head teacher or teacher along with them to share views and their observation about a child with the parents or carers. It will help us to avoid any misunderstanding or misinterpretation. (1)
Language that we use in the school set up must comply with school policy and also ensure that we need to avoid jargons which cannot be understood by the parents or carers. We must use simple language to ensure our thoughts are communicated clearly and concisely. Tone reflects our moods, hence we need to be very careful in our modulation. It should not send a wrong signal to others or hurt their feelings.(1)
