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2 Dialogue Style Volunteer Trainers use “open” questions A ratio of 1:2 or 1:3 volunteer works well At gaining children’s attention Helps the children to make their own decisions

04/01/20163 Safe Places Foundation skill on which the other skills are built To avoid dangerous locations Training allows children to recognise safe and dangerous places. Children then use the knowledge to identify dangerous places in unfamiliar surroundings

04/01/20164 Introduction to Safe Places Two errors children make: 1.Cross diagonally 2.Choose unsafe areas where their view of oncoming traffic is obscured Dangerous places include: Junctions,Hills,bends,corner, parked cars and street furniture Skill one: Safe Places 4 Weeks Skill Two: Parked Cars 4 weeks Skill Three Junctions 4 Weeks

04/01/20165 Overall Aim To help children to work out safe strategies for themselves To use open-ended questions Prompts instead of rules Learning is promoted through a natural, indirect style.

04/01/20166 Safe Places Training 1.You can transfer ideas 2. Dialogue Style is Important. 3.Get the children to verbalise their ideas. 4.They are more willing to discuss 5.It generates disagreement 6.Develops a wider understanding of traffic so they can transfer ideas to other situations.

04/01/20167 Trainers Role Encourage children to make suggestions Explain their suggestions to each other Question or comment on each other’s suggestions/explanations Solve the problem together by coming to a group decision

04/01/20168 Achieving successful Communication Always encourage the children to suggest their own answers Make sure they explain their ideas and don’t just say “no”or “yes”. Help by drawing their attention to points they may have missed by using prompts Be positive, don’t criticise their ideas