Responsive Provider Checklist: Promoting Communication Skills

Reflection

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ACTIVITY ID: 19901

Name

Certifier

Date

How responsive are you when it comes to promoting communication for the children in your care? Take a few minutes to respond to the questions in this checklist. Then, share and discuss your responses with a colleague, trainer, coach, or family child care administrator.

Characteristic	Yes	Sometimes	No	Notes
I know how all the children in my program communicate wants and needs.
I quickly respond to all communication attempts by the children in my program.
I often use language expansions when talking to the children in my program.
I use positive affect when responding to the communication of children in my program.
I use developmentally appropriate language when talking with the children in my program.
When talking with the children in my program, I take one turn then wait for them to take a turn.
When talking with the children in my program, I try to support one more communication turn than we normally do.
I promote communication between the children in my program during daily activities and routines.
When necessary, I provide prompts or cues to help the children in my program communicate.
When talking with the children in my program, I follow their lead and talk about what they are interested in or attending to.
I arrange the program environment to promote communication and model appropriate communication skills during daily activities and routines.
I describe what the children in my program are playing with and use the words they would use.
I communicate asking lots of open-ended questions.
I provide the children in my program frequent opportunities to make choices.