Developing communication skills for yourself and your child

LEARNING OUTCOMES
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA (Understanding, skills, knowledge to be learned)
(Standards of achievement against which outcomes will be measured)

The learner will be able to:


The learner has achieved this because (s)he can:
1. Recognise factors which affect
learning
1.1 Identify own barriers / incentives to learning, past and present 2. Understand the importance of
communication skills for self and
child
2.1 Identify all communication skills e.g. reading, writing, speaking and
listening, body language, eye contact (Social communication skills)
2.2 Produce a diary of communication skills used over a given period of
time
3. Recognise the role of the parent/carer
as the first educator
3.1 Identify ways in which a parent/carer can have the role of an educator
3.2 Relate the role of parent/carer as an educator to own past
experiences
4. Recognise opportunities to develop
communication skills in children
4.1 Produce at least 3 activities which promote communication skills in a
child e.g. picture book, matching game, turn-taking games
5. Recognise appropriate reading
material for children
5.1 Identify appropriate reading material for a child
5.2 State why this material is appropriate