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CYPOP 15: Support positive practice with children and young people with speech, language andcommunication needsAssessment task – CYPOP 15 Support positive practice with children andyoung people with speech, language and communication needsProduce notes which could be used for a presentation to colleagues on supporting positivepractice with children and young people with speech language and communication needs.Present your notes in three sections:Section 1 - The concept of positive practiceSection 2 - Working alongside specialistsSection 3 - Supporting social, emotional and cognitive needs of children and youngpeopleTask 1 links to learning outcome 1, assessment criteria 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3.Section 1 - The concept of positive practiceThese notes must show that you can:• explain how to recognise and build on the strengths of a child or young person bygiving different examples of positive strategies• compare the differences between strategies based on children and young people’sstrengths and abilities and those based around children’s difficulties• provide examples of how current research evidence supports positive practice.Task 2 links to learning outcome 2, assessment criteria 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4.Section 2 - Working alongside specialistsThese notes must show that you can:• identify and describe the different strategies and targets that can support children andyoung people’s speech, language and communication needs• explain the process of how supportive strategies are selected and implemented tosupport children and young people’s speech, language and communication needs• explain own role in the process of how targets are set, monitored and evaluatedalong with specialist• compare different examples of how strategies and targets have been used to supportchildren and young people with speech, language and communication needs.© CACHE 2013 Version 5.0 73