This is my last question in unit 414 any help would be good - Silkysteps early years forum

#1 06-17-2008, 08:23 PM

Unit 414 question K4C996

AWARENESS OF AND ABILITY TO USE SPECIALIST TERMINOLOGY CONFIDENTLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE CHILDREN WITH WHOM YOU WORK, WHILST ENSURING THAT USE OF SUCH TERMINOLOGY DOES NOT ACT AS A BARRIER WITH OTHER CHILDREN AND ADULTS

Heres hoping someone can help

Ruthierhyme · #2 06-18-2008, 02:38 PM

Hi,

Congratulations on it being the last

The ke for this is a little like the conversation I had with my Dd a few nights ago. They'd conducted an experiment in school to see how stretchy 6 branded plastic bags were !!

The assignment was to write up the whole experience without the use of images and document the experiment results in a graph/table .. she'd not been able to recall the 'named parts of the apparatus they'd used ( which included a large pole ... which needed to be taller

, hardboard clasps... with wire handles, a clamp, and another clamp that had another clamp with a smaller pole attached, a base, table and clippy things

lol) it took her an age to try and describe what it all did & the written work made us both laugh .. in the end she had to resort to doodling me a diagram & is now on a promise to go find out the part names just to let me know !!

Using and being able to use industry specific terminology, with confidence saves time and effort in explanation of base elements. This can reassure some that they are dealing with competence - If everyone has knowledge or immediate access to the information of what's being discussed or proposed it can be great - this enables everyone to speed things up and get processes moving.

It can also be very easy to 'distance listeners who don't have the same access to information / terms - or have limited knowledge... irrespective of age.

Making anyone feel less competent in a situation runs the risk of damaging or certainly denting any future working/play partnership.

The tough bit is remembering that some words, when used so regularly they form the very center of your own language ... might not feature as/so highly ... if at all in other peoples - so the possibility is that they may not know what the word means - excluding them from any of the associated possibilities & opportunities ..

To of accquired/ have an awareness of the information/terminology may mean having an interest of or in that area & training to learn about it, a necessity to access the services involved for personal or professional reasons maybe or possibly seconded to help manage a case because of prior knowledge / experience.

Guides, Leaflets, Glossary of terms, acronym decoding

network names, organisational titles, use of explanatory language - appropriate & age related, equipment identification, manufacture, disability definitions, routes and pathways for help, implications, symptoms, names for everything associated ..

Including other adults and the Children in their own, group or additional care, its information and terminology, can help pass on / explain what responsibilities and accountabilities are invloved ... that could always lead onto other openings and where everyone is looking to support disability - asking, questioning and clarifying terminology & all of it's implication is important to make sure that even in the process of improving provision, standards are always good/excellent for those around ..

Hth .. and

from me when you stamp an all done on this one

xx

#3 06-18-2008, 09:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ruthierhyme

Hi,

Congratulations on it being the last

The ke for this is a little like the conversation I had with my Dd a few nights ago. They'd conducted an experiment in school to see how stretchy 6 branded plastic bags were !!

The assignment was to write up the whole experience without the use of images and document the experiment results in a graph/table .. she'd not been able to recall the 'named parts of the apparatus they'd used ( which included a large pole ... which needed to be taller

, hardboard clasps... with wire handles, a clamp, and another clamp that had another clamp with a smaller pole attached, a base, table and clippy things

lol) it took her an age to try and describe what it all did & the written work made us both laugh .. in the end she had to resort to doodling me a diagram & is now on a promise to go find out the part names just to let me know !!

Using and being able to use industry specific terminology, with confidence saves time and effort in explanation of base elements. This can reassure some that they are dealing with competence - If everyone has knowledge or immediate access to the information of what's being discussed or proposed it can be great - this enables everyone to speed things up and get processes moving.

It can also be very easy to 'distance listeners who don't have the same access to information / terms - or have limited knowledge... irrespective of age.

Making anyone feel less competent in a situation runs the risk of damaging or certainly denting any future working/play partnership.

The tough bit is remembering that some words, when used so regularly they form the very center of your own language ... might not feature as/so highly ... if at all in other peoples - so the possibility is that they may not know what the word means - excluding them from any of the associated possibilities & opportunities ..

To of accquired/ have an awareness of the information/terminology may mean having an interest of or in that area & training to learn about it, a necessity to access the services involved for personal or professional reasons maybe or possibly seconded to help manage a case because of prior knowledge / experience.

Guides, Leaflets, Glossary of terms, acronym decoding

network names, organisational titles, use of explanatory language - appropriate & age related, equipment identification, manufacture, disability definitions, routes and pathways for help, implications, symptoms, names for everything associated ..

Including other adults and the Children in their own, group or additional care, its information and terminology, can help pass on / explain what responsibilities and accountabilities are invloved ... that could always lead onto other openings and where everyone is looking to support disability - asking, questioning and clarifying terminology & all of it's implication is important to make sure that even in the process of improving provision, standards are always good/excellent for those around ..

Hth .. and

from me when you stamp an all done on this one

xx

Thank you so much for that, you are a mind full of information, it really helped a lot. I have one more unit to do plus some reflective accounts, my assessor has some observations to do then hopefully all is complete.