High-Quality Interactions: Why, What & How brings together key explanations, relevant theories, points for reflection, and practical tools and strategies to explore and support deeper understanding surrounding what interactions are, why they matter, and how they can be approached effectively in practice.
Given the breadth of interactions as a topic, the information contained within this document is not exhaustive. However, it does bring together a range of established tools and techniques, draws upon national and local guidance, and reflects insights gathered through consultation with settings, practitioners, and supporting professionals about what information would be most beneficial towards practice improvement.
Significantly, self-evaluation is a crucial aspect of maintaining and developing high-quality interactions and relationships. As such, the document is accompanied by an Audit Tool and Peer Review Tool designed to help practitioners and settings identify what they’re doing well, consider their development needs, and plan for next steps.
High-Quality Interactions: Why, What & How is a large document containing a considerable number of images and diagrams. For this reason, it was developed primarily as a digital resource. Please ensure to use the ‘Interactive’ version when accessing the document digitally, and the ‘Printable’ version when printing.
