Communication

Introduction into different reasons why people communicate. Babies are great communicators. They communicate from day one, through sounds (crying, cooing, squealing) facial expressions (eye contact, smiling, grimacing) as well as gestures and body movements (moving arms and legs in excitement or distress). Most babies learn to communicate to get attention or to get a need fulfilled. They continue to develop more sophisticated communication capacities and are encouraged to do so when their efforts are rewarded by appropriate and timely responses from people around them. As adults we are not that different. Throughout our everyday lives, we are constantly communicating both verbally and non-verbally. Over the time we learn how to communicate best with various people and in different situations. We continue to develop and expand our communication capacities when our efforts are successfully received by the people around us. Communication is the exchange and flow of information and ideas from one person to another. People communicate for a number of different reasons. Give information/receive information- When a parent and teacher have a good communication relationship a child always benefits. They need to tell each other important information about a child. A teacher keeps a parent informed about. Example - child’s progress at school, what kind of day a child had, which school activities is school providing. On other hand it’s important to receive information from parent too. Example - if a child is healthy, if they have any allergies, what they like to do/what they don’t like to do. Or who is picking them up from school. GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER To promote healthy and happy development of a child we must know the child better. That is the reason why a teacher needs to talk to parents and get information from them about their child. These information’s help us to understand a child better and sometimes even in difficult situation understand why a child was behaving that way and help us to figure out how to deal with a child in that situation. TO ENCOURAGE We use communication for encouraging children or co-workers. In case of a child is to boast his/hers self-esteem. We only need to describe some good things about them which they believe. This way they themselves are boosting their own self-esteem and genuinely feel happy about it, which produces the desired results. Describing good things which stimulates a child mind to praise themselves becomes permanent in child’s mind and helps them boost their self-esteem permanently. MAIN BODY * To maintain and promote good working relationships. * To encourage the children to communicate effectively. * To share knowledge and information. * To ensure that everybody knows where they stand. * To get their point across and ensure safety in the work environment. * To help people understand how you are feeling and act accordingly. * To work together. * To prevent errors. * Express your wants and needs. * To help build and maintain trust. * To negotiate and liaise with others. CONCLUSION Without communication the world would be a lonely place and communication is particularly important in the work setting as it can affect the relationship you build. Team communication is important as it is important to keep everyone in the group knowledgeable about what is going on within that group. As I would be communicating with parents, colleague’s, children and other professionals (i.e. health visitors, speech and language therapists, social workers, other schools, police and governing bodies) it is important that everybody is provided with the information they need. Communication is vital to establishing effective relationships in the work setting. It would allow you to expect support from your colleague’s and to provide them with the necessary support.