Children's hearings training resource manual: volume 2
Volume 2 is a children's hearings handbook, focusing on the problems that some children face, the environment in which they live, their needs and their rights.
Section 3: Communication
Section 3 - Contents
2 What is meant by communication?
Legal obligations
What is effective communication?
Barriers to effective communication in hearings
3 Non-verbal communication
Sight
Sound
Self awareness
4 Communicating with children
Children's views
Child's stage of development
Younger children
Teenagers
Communication in the hearing
What if they just won't talk?
A checklist for child-friendly language
Children's participation at hearings
5 Communicating with adults
Relevant persons
Representatives
Professionals
Other panel members
Special circumstances: use of interpreters
6 Questions and discussion
What to say and how to say it
7 Listening
Problems of listening
8 Speech and language: Comprehension and diversity
Comprehension
9 Written communication
Papers for the hearing
Reasons for decisions
Contact
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