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1.1 Explain why positive relationships with children and young people are important and how these are built and maintained.

Working successfully with children and young people is an important starting point in building a good relationship with them. If children feel valued and comfortable with you they will respond better. This means that children are most likely to enjoy playing, learning and behave well in the setting. The basis to build a positive relationship with children and young people is taking into consideration their needs and adopting ways in which these needs are met.
Good relationships with children and young people have a huge effect on how we work with them.
To have a positive relationship with children and young people is very important for many reasons such as: Its helps babies and children feel comfortable with practitioners and they can have easy transition. Its helps children’s languages develop because they feel confident in being able talk to us. It gives children and young people a sense of security in knowing there is someone who is understand and cares about their needs.
Positive relationships help children to feel secure emotionally and they participate in their play and learning activities with confidence. If we have strong relationships with children and young people then they are less likely to show unwanted behaviour as we understand and meet their needs.
Positive relationships with children and young people help us plan according to their development and consider their interests when we are planning.

Positive relationships with children and young people help us to respond more effectively because we recognise their expressions, gestures and emotions.
Positive relationships with children help to have high self-esteem and it shows practitioner values their self culture and believes. Positive relationships can give children and young people emotional support and they can encourage them to have self-respect.

To build a...