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Communication and interaction

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Employment

  • Child/young person engages with structured careers advisory sessions. They communicate their thoughts and ideas relating to potential career choices. They show interaction skills to talk with adults to get information/guidance to enable them to make informed choices.
  • Child/young person demonstrates the communication and interaction skills (written or verbal) required to build a personal/vocational profile within careers sessions. They will move towards building a CV for applications for further education/training or employment.
  • Child/young person demonstrates the communication and interaction skills required to function within a workplace environment. Either for work experience/voluntary work or part-time employment. This enables them to gain work-related experience and explain areas of interest.

Independence

  • Child/young person demonstrates the communication skills required to facilitate the development of age-related independent living skills. This includes cookery, travel time and money. They will ask questions and seek support/guidance where required.
  • Child/young person demonstrates the communication and interaction skills required to to socialise with peers (unsupervised) within the community. They will access activities within the local community per their preferences.

Community inclusion

  • Child/young person demonstrates the language, communication and interaction skills to develop and maintain friendships with peers. They show the skills to integrate into a range of social groupings and situations.
  • Child/young person can interact appropriately via social media, online games and within the online community. They will maintain personal safety and lessen potential vulnerability.

Health

  • Child/young person demonstrates language and communication skills required to ask questions to get additional information relating to:
    • sex education,
    • managing more complex health needs
    • risks related to drugs and alcohol
    • support for mental health and wellbeing
  • Child/young person demonstrates the ability to communicate, with adult support/prompting, any health needs or concerns to a GP. This allows them to get appropriate medical care or support as required. 
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