Social communication Is a confident Communicates well with Unsure about communicator. to other children in communicating outside communicate with other informal settings but can very safe and familiar children and familiar be unsure in less familiar settings and routines adults and usually able situations to get their message May give up quickly or across even if formal Communication is display difficult language system is very sometimes a problem behaviour when limited but willing to try and get communication breaks their message across if down. Has few Makes good use of something interests strategies to fall back on communication them such as facial expression, Very limited social gesture, body language Sometimes immature or inappropriate language can often be Understands at age or behaviour but usually inappropriate or appropriate level that tries to conform withdrawn we use different kinds of language and behaviour in different settings Green Amber Red
Social communication Is a confident communicator. to communicate with other children and familiar adults and usually able to get their message across even if formal language system is very limited Makes good use of communication such as facial expression, gesture, body language Understands at age appropriate level that we use different kinds of language and behaviour in different settings Communicates well with other children in informal settings but can be unsure in less familiar situations Communication is sometimes a problem but willing to try and get their message across if something interests them Sometimes immature or inappropriate language or behaviour but usually tries to conform Unsure about communicating outside very safe and familiar settings and routines May give up quickly or display difficult behaviour when communication breaks down. Has few strategies to fall back on Very limited social can often be inappropriate or withdrawn Green Amber Red
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