CHCRF301EWork effectively with families to

care for the child

Element 1- Establish a positive relationship with family members

Considering standards, policies and procedures Recap Week 3 1/8/2013

• Discuss assessment guide• Set due dates and submission format• Governing bodies – who are they?

1. The National Quality Standards (NQS) 2. The Education and Care Services' National Regulations 20113. Belonging, Being and Becoming (EYLF) 4. Early Childhood Australia (ECA) Code of Ethics

What do we mean by families?

Effective communication

Barriers to effective communicationWeek 4 8/8/2013

What is a family?

What do we mean by families? Week 4 8/8/2013

Single parent

Children can be biological or adopted

Parents can now use surrogacy to become a parent.

• The concept and context of family has changed over the past few generations.

• What kinds of families are there in our society?

• What kinds of families are there in our society?

• Families with 2 parents;

• Families with single parents;

• Families with non-English speaking parents;

• Families from cultures other than your own;

• Australian Indigenous Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander families;

• Blended families;

• Gay families;

• Foster parents;

• Grandparent/extended families;

• Families with strict religious/cultural convictions;

• Families who have additional needs.

This occurs when the message sent is received as the sender intended it.

This is achieved by the content of the message (verbal) and the non-verbal cues matching each other

This means the messages are congruent – a match between verbal and non-verbal

If we want to be effective communicators it is important that we send messages that are congruent

Effective Communication

Children’s Services are busy places

There are children’s needs to be metPrograms and routines to be organisedStaff needs to be metParent and visitor’s needs to be accommodated.

This can be challenging. In such a busy setting there are numerous reason why communication with families may not be as successful as we would hope

Barriers to effective communication

Barriers to effective communicationThere are lots of behaviours that we all engage in that have a

negative impact on communication

Following are behaviours that inhibit effective communicationCriticising (blaming)Name calling (labelling)OrderingThreatening Diverting

Diverting would be the most commonly used roadblock to effective communication

Diverting occurs when you change the conversation to something you want to talk about i.e. Changing the subject

What are some barriers to effective communication in a child care setting?

Barriers to effective communication