Effective Communication

Describe The Stages Of The Communication Cycle And Reflect On Your Own Experiences To Explain How The Cycle May Be Used To Communicate Difficult, Complex And Sensitive Issues (P2, M1) There are many ways of communicating with people such as speaking, and using sign language but to do so effectively requires a cycle. It s called the communication cycle for obvious reasons and like the ability to communicate it is innately built, individuals do it automatically. To carry out the cycle successfully two or more parties must be present. Communicating involves expression of thought and interpretation of the other parties understanding. There are six phases of the communication cycle, the first is expressing your own thoughts, the second is watching the other person non verbal response and body language. Thirdly is interpreting the other person's body language and trying to work out what he or she is thinking, next is listening to his or her response to what we have said, following this is trying to make sense of his or her response. Finally the original speaker expresses new ideas to try and clarify our ideas. For a simplified version see the diagram below (www.dyad.org) However using the communication cycle doesn't mean that it is correctly used all the time, sometimes people listen but they do not hear just what the other person is trying to discuss, to use the communication

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Does attachment theory provide a sound basis for advice on how to bring up children?

Pg 1 of 7 Gail Adams T.M.A 03 U7740974 Does attachment theory provide a sound basis for advice on how to bring up children? One crucial concept of bringing up children is attachment. British psychologist John Bowlby (1907-90) developed the attachment theory and argued that a basic characteristic of human need was to form strong emotional bonds with particular individuals, deprivation of secure attachments through separation, bereavement or emotional distance he believed caused disruption to a child's development. Mary Ainsworth(1985) a student of Bowlby extended upon his theories focusing on the nature and quality of attachment relationships between infant and primary caregiver. There have been many critiques to Bowlbys attachment theory and all will be examined in order to answer the question. The attachment theory will be looked at in respect to its practical implications for child rearing in the context of both family members and day care facilities. Evidence from research has provided information about factors which form the foundations of secure and insecure attachments these have implications for different types of child care. Very early, children develop internal working models, internalised ideas about the nature of their relationships with primary caregivers, they base these on former interactions and experiences (Bowlby,1969). These models remain

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Intellectual development

Intellectual development Intellectual development is also known as mental development or cognitive development. This type of development is where the child expands the mind where he/she can recognise, reason, know and understand things. Day by day the child's mind develops. Each day the child learns about people, things, new skills, how to communicate, memories and gain more experiences. As the child's mind develops, he/she becomes more intelligent. How intelligent the child becomes will depend on two main factors. * Genes - these control the amount of natural intelligence he/she has. * Environment - the uses the child makes of his/ her intelligence will be very much influenced by the environment in which he/she grows up. Throughout childhood, the genes and environment continuously interact to produce people whose minds develop in a great variety of ways. E.g., some children are very artistic or musical talent, some are talented at languages or maths, high academic ability, cleverness with the hands and some have a good understanding of people and their problems. You should help develop your child's mind by: * Talk to the child. * Play with them. * Sit him/her up somewhere were they could see what is going on around them. * Let them play with toys and other objects to handle and investigate. * Allow him/her to practice new skills. * Read and tell them stories

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Job Descriptions

TUI UNIVERSITY Jennifer Pope Module 2 Session Long Project 324: Human Resource Management Dr Robert Grice 28 April 2010 Job Descriptions Hiring and retaining a quality employee is difficult. That is why a good hire starts with an excellent job description. Job descriptions are crucial for hiring and retaining the best workers. Often employees are lead to believe a job is one thing only to be disappointed to find that the employment is not as satisfying and challenging. The result is an employee who is difficult to motivate. The Importance of Job Descriptions. Basically, job descriptions are written statements that describe the duties, responsibilities, contributions, and qualifications of a position, as well as the reporting relationship of a particular job. (Anonymous, 2009) So the job description tells you what you actually need to do to perform well in the job. While the parts of a job description vary between employers according to one source the standard parts are: . Purpose: What is the job in the simplest terms. 2. Job duties or responsibilities: What should the employee be able to perform as part of the position? 3. Education required: List minimum amount of formal education. 4. Payroll experience required: the minimum amount of experience required to perform the job duties 5. Specialized skills: skills needed that are outside of the normal to

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learning styles

Different people learn in different ways, this is because we all have different learning styles. There are many factors that influence peoples learning styles and processes. Some of these include; attitude - if someone takes an 'I don't care' attitude to your work then they wont do as well. They need to have a positive attitude and a clear mind to enable them to do their work to the full potential. Motivation - if someone is motivated to do something and they really want to get there and how much they want to get there, they will do it, however, if they feel it will not help them in any way then they will be less motivated resulting in putting it off until the last minute. Health - if someone has health problems that keep coming back, i.e. tonsillitis, then they may find it hard to study. These people need to make sure that they are punctual whenever possible and are organised. Responsibilities - people prioritise what they do on how important it is. If someone had children or is a young carer then their responsibilities are to take care of the person, they may have a job or more important tasks to carry out before completing work. Relationships - if someone has a partner then they may put their work off to see them. People may have children and so may not have time to do assignments if there are problems at home. Learning environment - completing work is hard if you don't

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The Debate

The Debate Host: Welcome to tonight's show. We have for you tonight two people who are arguing about the question of "Should a Man be a Mother and More Involved with the Children?" First we have Rick Sanders, hi Rick. Second we have Julie Highfield, hi Julie. Rick, what do you think about being a male mother and how has it affected your life? Rick: Hello, thank you for including me tonight's debate. I am personally really enjoying being a male mother. I love spending time with my daughter. I think that this affected me a great deal because before I hardly saw my wife or child because of work. Now because I have exceeded my work amount I have quit my job and have become a full time male mother. I think that being involved with your own children is a great start for their lives and it gives you a great feeling that you belong, but this cannot be said in any discussion and believed you have to try it. I also enjoy the freedom to go to great places with her and have an experience that not many other men get to see. You see I like being the only man at the welfare clinic, it makes me feel special. Julie: Mr. Sanders, what you have been feeling and enjoying is all to do with the way in which you treat and help your daughter within this crucial time in her and your lives. These things are enjoyful at the start and then eventually it runs out in some cases. I've seen it

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Stages of development

Stages of development NEWBORN The baby learns through their senses and their movement. They respond to high pitch tones by moving their limbs. The baby can imitate the parent by opening their mouth when their parent opens their mouth MONTH At this time the baby can recognise their parents and respond to this by showing excitement. The baby will coo, smile or gurgle. The child will move their arms an legs to show excitement. 3 MONTHS The baby takes an increase of interest to their surroundings. The child will be able to babble like as if they were in a conversation. The baby will understand that if they shake a rattle it will make noise and will show interest towards it. 6 MONTHS The baby will understand words like, 'mama', 'dada' and 'bye-bye' at this stage. The will understand objects and know what to expect of them. They will test the familiar object to see it anything unexpected happens 9 MONTHS The child can judge a size of an object and look in the direction of a fallen toy. The child can watch a toy being hidden and then look for it. This shows that the child knows that the object exists even though it isn't in sight. They will recognise familiar pictures, imitate sounds like a cough or 'burr' and increase babbling. The child will understand their daily routine and simple instructions like, 'give me a kiss.' 2 MONTHS At twelve months the baby will

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Tear Fund Project

Tear Fund do the work they do because they want to help people that are in need just like Jesus have been doing all those centuries ago. They help people in the poorer countries by "providing medicines, medical care or caring for patients themselves". Tear Fund doesn't just use words to show that they care and think about peoples' sufferings but they also back it up by their actions. For Christians it is essential to act as well as preach about the good things, and help people in practical ways that gives an example of what other people should do and follow. There are many hungry people out there that have been left like that due to famines and other problems. Tear Fund helps them to get fed by bringing food to the parts of country that need it. Even if there isn't enough food to give big portions it is still something to at least keep them alive. Some Tear Fund workers stay there and look after people that have become too weak and help them until they get better. In this way they are fulfilling their dream of following in the example of Jesus and becoming more like him. Tear Fund is not just people being religious towards God but also caring for people in need and helping them. Jesus said that loving God and loving people can't be separated, and that loving means action. It isn't enough just to feel; you have to act on that good feeling. Jesus also said that you should give

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Anti-Discrimination Legislation

Legislation: In hospitals and your local GP people come in each day with health problems asking how the doctors or nurses can help them. With this, the government needs to find a way to protect the workers and patients from any discrimination being made towards them. This is why the government ha made something called legislation where as no one is allowed to discriminate anyone based on the genre, sex, race or disability. There are different types of legislations made based on the different types of discrimination they are. The two legislations that mare made are: * The sex discrimination Act 1975: This legislation means that no one, no care worker doctor or nurse is allowed to discriminate anyone based on their gender even if they are female or male no one is to discriminate anyone inside or outside the health and social café industry. * The race relations NI order 1997/Act 2005: This Is another legislation which means that no person is allowed to discriminate a person based on their skin colour. This is a very common discrimination as people are judging others based on their skin colour and this is why there is a legislation being made against this. This does often happen in the health and social care industry so here are a few examples to explain the legislations in a bit more detail. * For example: The sex discrimination Act 1975: A nurse is giving medication to a

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Analyse and explain the work of one Christian agency working for world development

Analyse and explain the work of one Christian agency working for world development World Vision is one of the world's leading aid and development charities. It was founded in 1947 by the American missionary Bob Pierce after he took a life changing trip to China and Korea in 1947. In its core values it states that it is a Christian organization that acknowledges one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The organization maintains its Christian identity but is sensitive to the diverse contexts in which it works. It is committed to the poor and to working with the poor towards fullness of life. In 2003 its total income was £42,223 of which £ 23,941 was from voluntary sources and £ 7,518 came from government grants. World Vision runs both long term programmes (area development programmes) and emergency programmes. Area development programmes (ADPs) cover large areas which involve several villages and communities. These projects last up to 15 years. The funding for ADPs mainly comes from child sponsorship which enables World Vision to help the whole community. World Vision's main aim is to help communities to develop their skills and confidence so they are able to manage their own development long after World Vision has finished it work in that particular area. An example of one of World Vision's ADPs is World Vision's new sponsorship program in Sacaca in the county of Ibañez,

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