'An advantage of this Hannan Consultancy course was that we could have ten members of staff attending it at one time, which helps with team building and putting theory into practice,' she says. 'They attended three two-hour sessions and I sat in on the last one.
'This was a very useful course for more junior members of staff. They were shown how to use language during practical activities with children to develop their communication skills. The emphasis was very much on observing children and getting their feedback rather than practitioners doing all the talking themselves. Interacting with children is very much a two-way thing and this course was all about asking the right questions, so that children's responses can be enlarged upon.
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