Communicating Effectively with Vulnerable Children and Young People

Who is the course for?

The course is aimed at anyone working with vulnerable children and young people. It is also suited to foster carers keen to improve their communication skills.

What topics will you cover?

Reasons why a child or young person may become vulnerable

Age-appropriate activities and techniques from the pre-verbal to adolescent stages

Innovative ways of facilitating communication

Challenges and barriers to effective communication with vulnerable children and young people

Levels of vulnerability experienced by a child or young person, including areas of safeguarding

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to…

Reflect upon and develop skills in communicating with vulnerable children and young people, raising the profile of this essential area of child welfare and wellbeing

Explore a child-centred perspective to help facilitate more effective communication with the children and young people for whom we are responsible

Explain that improving our communication with children and young people requires consideration of specific activities and skills which facilitates this communication – it is more than just talking with them

Discuss some helpful approaches, tools and techniques which may be appropriate for the pre-verbal child through to adolescents

Engage with and reflect upon material from award winning child protection simulations to reflect upon how we can improve our communication with vulnerable children and young people