Barriers to Communication.

Nasima Khanom Barriers to Communication (Direct quotes from health and social care intermediate book-Josephine de Souza) When we communicate, our ability to get our message across affectively to others can be hampered by a number of barriers. As a care worker it is important to recognise barriers to your own our own communication and learn how to overcome them. In health and social care and early years settings these barriers include:- .) Language As a multiethnic society, the UK, the UK has many citizens whose first language is not English and who may find English difficult to understand. Many native speakers of English also find the complicated medical words on hospital signs and the jargon of health care workers hard to understand. In all of these circumstances, language can be obstacle to effective communication between care workers and their patients and clients. 2.) Culture In a multiethnic society like the UK there are a lot cultural differences between different groups in the population. These differences can affect the way people communicate and interact, which can sometimes cause communication problems for example, the amount of eye contact, the physical closeness or proximity and the amount of touching that people do when they communicate varies accordingly to culture. It is important to be aware of this when working with people in care settings in order to

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The aim of this observation is to observe a two year old child to see how the child interacts With other children.

Student Name: Samantha O'Brien Type/Title of Observation: Play Observation No: 6 . Preliminaries Date(s) of Observation: 1/10/02 Time Observation Started: 1:40 Time Observation Completed: 1:45 Forename(s) of Children: Elliot Date of Birth or Age 2 Years 4 Months (be as precise as possible) 2. Aim of Observation: The aim of this observation is to observe a two year old child to see how the child interacts With other children. 3. Brief Description of Setting: (including number of children and adults present) I am in the main nursery, there is a DR./Nurses set up in the middle of the room and three other tables with different activities on them. There is three staff present and eleven children in The nursery. The staff are fully qualified, the activities that are set up on the tables are the popoids, clicks, and puzzles. 4. Method of Observation Used: (e.g. free description, time sample) The method I have used to do my observation is free description. I have chosen this method Because I think a free description observation is the easiest way to observe a child while they are playing. Note: Confidentiality must be maintained at all times and only necessary information concerning the child and family should be included. Parental permission must be sought for photographs or other material which might identify a child or their family. 5.

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P5 P6 M3 D2 unit 7

P5 For this task we had to participate in two interactions. The first activity we had to do was take the temperature of an elderly lady who had significant loss of hearing. The second was to move a teenager from a bed to a chair that had just had surgery on both his eyes and because of the dressing over the patient's eyes it was obscuring his vision. For this we worked in a group of three and switched the role of career, service user and the observer. P6 In activity 1 I feel as I communicated well with the service user, as I used quite effective eye contact and facial expressions to show my understanding and to let the service user know I was listening. This kind of non-verbal communication is effective when careering for a patient who has loss of hearing in both ear, because the service user can begin to understand what you are doing and can communicate feelings easily through facial expression, which can help her to feel relaxed in the situation. The person who was observing me also felt I used these types of communication quite effectively but she also though I did other things that were very effective- things like the tone of my voice. She thought this was good because I wasn't patronising towards her. Another would be my use of props/signs- as I showed the service user pictures of how I was going to take her temperature and also acted out the procedure on myself, so

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Describe reasons why individuals may experience additional needs

Mary Daphne Mondejar Unit 26 P1 Describe reasons why individuals may experience additional needs There are quite a few reasons why individuals require additional needs it may be Genetic conditions, physical and learning disabilities, developmental conditions, environmental factors, accident, acquired illness. Some of the people may be born that require additional needs or there is some genetic illness that will develop in time. These additional needs of the person may be for temporary or for a lifetime. . Physical and learning disabilities . physical disabilities such as blindness, deafness, and mobility and orthopedic impairment. Compensation for physically disable people are available for those who are eligible. People with short-term injuries (e.g. broken bones), amputated or immobilized limbs, heart defects, pulmonary disease, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and respiratory disorders qualify for such benefits. Learning Disabilities refers to a group of mental disorders that hinder academic and functional skills such as speaking, listening, reading and writing, among many others. While this does not indicate poor intelligence, this type of disability hinders people from learning fully because of a deficit in one or several ways by which the brain processes information. . Genetic conditions . illness caused by abnormalities in genes

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Developing Effective Communication in Health and social Care

Kirsty Hall Unit 1 Developing Effective Communication in Health and social Care Communication is a way of creating an understanding with an individual or within a group, it is important that you have good communication skills when working with others in order to follow and obey instructions clearly and correctly without any misunderstanding. Communication in health and social care settings is used daily, for example teachers communicate with pupils, parents and work collies, In this health and social care environment it is important that commination is clear from both the teacher and parent in order to hold a fluent conversation that maintains eye contact, teachers will need to communicate with parents to discuss their child/children’s school work or issues that may need to be addressed in more detail. For example family problems that may affect the quality of a child’s school work, if communication is not effective it may cause confusion and problems could accrue if the message is not summarised. There are two different ways of communicating which are verbal and non-verbal; Verbal communication involves talking to present ideas, thoughts and feelings, good verbal communication is the ability to both explain and present your ideas clearly through the spoken word. The tone and paste of voice is also very important when talking as it can often show what mood an

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The nature/nurture debate in childhood development.

The nature/nurture debate in childhood development The nature/nurture debate is the controversy surrounding the relative influence of environment and heredity on children's behaviour. Particularly, does nature and nurture interact? Questions include; is language acquired because the environment demands it or because it is genetically determined? Are boys more aggressive than girls because of the culture we live in or because it is in their genes? How is emotional development influenced? The debate revolves around nature verses nurture, nature with nurture, nature alone or nurture alone. In 350BC Plato believed that most ideas were innate, a view still held in 1600's by Descartes. Wiggam (1923) stated "Heredity, not environment is chief maker of man... the differences among men are due to differences in germ cells with which they were born." Alternatively, empirical philosopher like John Locke (1632-1704) insisted that the mind is blank, a "tabula rasa". Locke argued that all ideas came from experience. Early studies have focused mainly upon the environmental influence, e.g. in the home. More recently there have been moves towards researching biological effects on the roots of behaviour and development. One reason is new technology allows psychologists and physiologists to study the brain in greater detail. There are many approaches to the nature/nurture debate. The

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Important skills needed by Early Years Practioners. It is very important to maintain appropriate relationship with other professionals by being polite and listening to what they have to say.

UPGRADE FOR UNIT 1 D1/D2. It is very important to maintain appropriate relationship with other professionals by being polite and listening to what they have to say. In my placement I have to communicate with the teacher and other Early Years Practitioners throughout the day, when I talk to a adult I give them my full attention and listen to their views and respect what they have to say. It is vitally important to maintain good relationship with other professionals so that I can learn new ways to help children and also learn new skills to help me for the future. Working in a multi-agency team is that you get to work with different professionals who all come together to help the child in concern. In my placement we have a little boy who has problems with saying `f`` when saying fire he will say sire, his key worker and his mother has picked up on this problem so with the agreement of his mother the key worker has referred him to a speech and language therapist, this is where the multi- agency team will come together and find ways to help improve this little boys letter sounds so that he can learn the right way to pronounce the letter `f`. By working with the multi-agency professionals the little boy and his mother will receive the support they need to help him get through this. As a Practitioner you will need to know on how to work with other professionals. You will need to

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Section A - PIES

My Clients P.I.E.S General - My Clients name is Hillary she is 39 years old she owns her own home, she lives in Castle Bromwich. She was born in Birmingham, England. She has 1 brother and 1 sister this is god because she can always talk to them. She has to sons aged 13 and 15 and her mother and father are still alive. She also has a husband aged 46 called Kevin this is good as she can always talk about his problems to her. Hillary is also a meat eater is good because it is easier for her to get the right amount of nutrients needed. My client has enough money but would like a bit more. Physical - Hillary doesn't smoke at the moment but she used to this is a good thing. She also drinks alcohol socially this is ok because it is good for her to drink alcohol sometimes. My client does not have any long term illness and she is not regularly ill this is a very good thing. She exercises regularly this is a good thing. Every day she washes and she bushes her teeth twice a day this is good as she keeps her self clean. She goes to the doctors regularly and she is not diabetic and/or assmatic this is a good thing. She also has no passed illness this is another good thing. She doesn't visit the options this is not good. Hillary has three meals per day this is a good thing as it is recommend that people have 3 meals per day. She snacks on chocolate and crisp this is ok as she eats it in

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Development Through the Lifestages Physical, Intellectual, Emotion and Social Development of Pregnancy and 0-3 years old Baby

Yagmur Aslan Group A Tracy Podbransky Development Through the Lifestages Physical, Intellectual, Emotion and Social Development of Pregnancy and 0-3 years old Baby Pregnancy It begins when a fertilized egg cell begins to divide and multiply, it works it's way down into the uterus, eventually attaching to the lining of the uterine wall. The fertilized egg continues to divide and multiply over the next 6-8 weeks allowing the egg to eventually develop into an embryo. Then embryo will continue to develop over the next 4 months forming the lungs, brain, spinal cord, etc. at which point, it is now referred to as a fetus. First Trimester • At just five weeks, your pregnancy will be visible on ultrasound. • By six weeks, the regular flicker of a heartbeat is first visible on ultrasound. • At nine weeks, your baby's head is large in relation to the trunk, and the arms and legs are short and flipper-like. * By the end of the first trimester, your baby's body proportions have changed to become similar to those of a new-born. Second Trimester • At 15 weeks, your baby can make facial expressions and may even suck her/his thumb. • By 17 weeks, an ultrasound should be able to show you the sex of your baby. • By 19 weeks, your baby will be able to hear your voice if you read her a story or sing a song. • Your baby will measure a little over a foot in length and

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Physical and Psychological changes due to ageing process

P5 Physical and Psychological changes due to ageing process Physical changes Cardiovascular System Atherosclerosis occurs when fats lays down in the wall of blood vessels and develop a narrowing of the arteries in older people. It can affect older people with high blood pressure, giving them stroke and heart attack. When the fats lays in the blood vessels, it increases the size and cause a blockage in the artery which can make a person get low breathing and chest pain. Respiratory System Bronchitis may develop and involves in inflammation of the airways that connect the wind pipe to the lungs because once people get older their strength of their chest muscle reduced. Emphysema Smoking in an example that can cause shortness of breath and result in respiratory or heart failure by causes the lungs to produce chemical that damage the walls of the alveoli. This disease is call Emphysema. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Is when a person does not get enough oxygen to breath and has to increase their rate of breathing in order to cope and it makes the person look bloated or appear bullish. Nervous System Nerve cells communicate with muscle to function properly. In older age neurotransmitters which are released by the nerve cell get weaker to communicate with muscle and functions less effectively. Loss of vision Cataracts and glaucoma can affect eyesight in

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