Unit 2Development and well-being 0-5 years

Session 1 An introduction to child development

Brain warm up

Write a list of all the different kinds of information you communicate.How do you communicate?

Class Do and Don’ts

Mobiles off Have funBe on time

Respect each other

Be involved Work HardTake turns

No eating in class

Bring pens/pencils

Session ObjectivesRecap the physical development of children 0-5 years

Research communication and language development for 0-5 year olds

Evaluate stages of communication and language development

Communication • Communication is fundamental to children’s development; children

need to be able to understand and be understood.

Language• The method of human communication, either spoken or written,

consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way.

What does it mean?Around 10% of all children have a Speech, Language or Communication delay.

What would 10% be in our class?

Poor communication impacts on...

Educational achievement Behaviour/vulnerability Mental health

Employability

Criminality Disadvantage Cycle

•50 - 90% of children with persistent SLCN go on to have reading difficulties

•Only a fifth of children with SLCN reach the expected levels for their age in English and Maths at age 11

•2/3 of 7-14 year olds with serious behaviour problems have language impairment

•Children with SLCN are more likely to be bullied

•40% of 7 to 14 year olds referred to child psychiatric services had a language impairment that had never been suspected

•“..communication skills are the most important employability skills and a lack of them in a candidate is a deal breaker... for many employers”. (Sir Michael Rake, BT)

•60% of young people in young offender institutions have communication difficulties

•Children from low income families lag behind high income counterparts at school entry by sixteen months in vocabulary. •Vocabulary at age 5 has been found to be the best predictor of whether children who experienced social deprivation in childhood were able to ‘buck the trend’ and escape poverty in later adult life

Key term bookletAdd the key words into your booklet:

•Speech•Language •Communication

•http://www.parentingcounts.org/information/timeline/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joqVklnnPoY

Research stages of development

Research and add your ideas onto you group timeline.

Who will create the best timeline ?

Session ObjectivesRecap the physical development of children 0-5 years

Research communication and language development for 0-5 year olds

Evaluate stages of communication and language development