4.1. Explain how speech, language and communication needs can affect social, emotional and cognitive development in children and young people
Hi, This may be of some help. In a different unit I wrote about how communication supported development, I imagine a child with communication needs could have the opposite affect of what I wrote e.g. instead of how I wrote it helps control feelings and tantrums a child with needs could have more frustration and therefore have tantrums.
Speech, language and communication skills support learning development because they help a child to understand what is being seen or provide a way that afterwards the child can communicate what they have seen. A child can ask questions and we can then pass on information verbally that helps them make connections and understand concepts. Speech, language and communication skills support emotional development because controlling emotions is a large part of emotional development and if children become frustrated, angry or jealous and can’t communicate their feelings they may have a tantrum. But as their skills develop they can name their emotions and find other ways of expressing them. Speech, language and communication skills support behaviour because once a child understands language they can begin to understand the consequences of their actions and start to think things through, becoming less impulsive. Speech, language and communication skills support social development as children can start to recognise how others feel by watching their body language and listening to what they say and learn to adjust their behaviour accordingly. Children also start to understand social codes and how to behave appropriately.
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