Course Title: Communicate with children

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: VE 2018

Class Number: All

Class Section: All

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Course Code: HWSS6064C

Course Title: Communicate with children

School: 174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science

Campus: City Campus

Program: C4375 - Certificate IV in Optical Dispensing

Course Contact: Jade Cusworth

Course Contact Phone: 03 9925 8382

Course Contact Email: jade.cusworth@rmit.edu.au

Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 30

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

None

Course Description

This unit describes the knowledge and skills required for worker to communicate with children.

 

National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:	CHCIC201B Communicate with children
Element:	1. Communicate positively with children
Performance Criteria:	1.1       Use routines to welcome and farewell children 1.2       Listen attentively and responsively 1.3       Explore the child's interests and concerns through conversation 1.4       Model positive and respectful communication style 1.5       Be accessible for the child to initiate contact 1.6       Respond to non-verbal cues 1.7       Acknowledge and accept children's feelings 1.8       Modify interactions in response to child's mood 1.9  Promote enjoyment and fun
Element:	2. Apply limits and guidelines for behaviour within service policies
Performance Criteria:	2.1       Model appropriate behaviour to the child 2.2       Redirect children to more positive behaviours as necessary 2.3       Clearly communicate to children guidelines and limits for their behaviour 2.4  Respond to children's behaviour according to service policy and procedures

Learning Outcomes

See elements above

 

Details of Learning Activities

            A combination of activities will support students learning in this course, such as:
• Face to face and or online lectures to cover theoretical and practical concepts for each topic in the course
• Students will learn to apply their skills and knowledge to work integrated learning (WIL), during simulations and classroom based learning
• Observations of performance in the workplace and industry placement or simulated environment will be a valuable part of your learning experience
• Tutorial activities (individually and in teams) to discuss, debate, critique and consolidate your ideas and extend your understanding around key concepts within specific topics
• Online discussion and activities support you to collaborate with other students in your course and debate and debate and discuss ideas
• Self directed study time to enhance and strengthen your knowledge and understanding of theoretical concepts
• To further facilitate learning, students are strongly encouraged to use a range of communication tools between themselves and their course instructor as well as between themselves and fellow students by using the online learning platform

Teaching Schedule

OP48 Students who attend blocks of learning at the City campus are required to attend on 26.2.2018 - 2.3.2018

OP49 Students who attend blocks of learning at the City campus are required to attend on 23.7.2018 - 27.7.2018

Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

References

Other Resources

PowerPoint Summary

Additional learning materials available through Learning Hub

RMIT Library (www.rmit.edu.au/library)

Overview of Assessment

 

You must demonstrate Performance and Knowledge Evidence of the unit in order to be deemed competent. 
Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over a range of assessment tasks.
You may be assessed by: 
• Oral or written questioning 
• Oral presentations
• Assignments and projects 
• Direct observation of actual work practice 
• Presentation of a portfolio of evidence which may comprise documents, and/or photographs and/or video and/or audio files 
• Work-based activities 
• Third-party feedback from a work supervisor/employer
Primary assessment involves on-going practical and applied assessment in a clinical workplace or simulated environment such as a supervised student clinic or at a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) placement activity.

Please click the following link for further information https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assessment Tasks

OP48 & OP49:

Evidence Log and Observation Checklist 

Online Quiz 

Due dates will be posted on CANVAS 

Assessment Matrix

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