...FAMILY COMMUNICATION Name of Student Name of Instructor Date Family Communication Thesis Statement: Communication is the key to healthy relationships in family. Introduction Communication is a process of sharing feelings, thoughts and ideas among the people. It does not necessarily have to be verbal and can also include actions like a frown or a smile. Even a silence can act as a way of communication for example showing interest in your children’s lives tells them that they are important for you (Poire, 2006). Communication is highly important among family members so that they respect the wants and needs of each other. If they do not communicate, they would not know whatever the other member of the family thinks or how he /she feels which can make it difficult for everybody to live together (Poire, 2006). A lot of the times, people assume that the other person knows how we feel at a particular moment which can lead to great misunderstandings. They might assume that if they do not share anything with the other person, he/she can still understand their feelings. This, however, can lead to misconceptions and cause the person to feel disappointed, frustrated, and hurt. Person first needs to give himself/herself time and examine his/her own feelings before communication it with someone (Rivett & Street, 2009). Thinking about something before speaking is more appropriate and the person himself would have a stronger hold on what he says. Honesty is another part of communication...
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...Communication with Families When working with a diverse collection of families, it is essential to ensure that sensitivity is utilized whenever possible. In the provided “Back-to-School Night” speech, there were three instances that stood out where the teacher demonstrated sensitivity to the parents. First, the teacher enlisted the help of a translator to assist those whose native language is not English. Second, the teacher provided a wide variety of information to the parents to outline expectations and assignments, including state guidelines. Third, the teacher adjusted his/her schedule in order to be available until 8:00pm one night per week for parents who work and cannot make it to the school during normal hours. These instances of sensitivity can have a great impact on the parents. The hiring of a translator can impact the parents by assisting those who do not speak English to have a greater understanding of what is being said and what the expectations are for their children in the classroom. “Language differences may cut parents off from important information and prevent them from sharing their own knowledge with the professionals who are involved with the family.” (Mendoza, 2003) In addition, providing information to the parents and explaining what the information is can help to foster open communication. When teachers encourage communication and the exchange of information, they are more likely to form a cooperative relationship and get the parents more...
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...Communication in marriage Research: Communication In Families Communication is a vital part of everyday life. Without communication we would not be allowed to express feelings, needs or even wants. Communication is more complicated than just speaking to one another. Some families suffer from the lack of communication and it is most important to keep a good communication flow through families. Effective communication is an important characteristic of strong, healthy families. Family communication is the way verbal and non-verbal information is exchanged between family members (Epstein et al.,1993). Communication involves the ability to pay attention to what others are thinking and feeling. In other words, an important part of communication is not just talking, but listening to what others have to say. Communication within the family is extremely important because it enables members to express their needs, wants, and concerns to each other. Open and honest communication creates an atmosphere that allows family members to express their differences as well as love and admiration for one another. It is through communication that family members are able to resolve the unavoidable problems that arise within the family. Just as effective communication is almost always found in strong, healthy families. Poor communication is usually found in unhealthy family relationships. Marriage and family therapists often report that poor communication is a common complaint of families who are...
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...my work as a Family Advocate, I work with families on the daily basis. I feel I have confidence and control while talking with family. The family beliefs that I have the knowledge to assist them when they come to me to ask for information. I am excited to talk to them because I want to help them. I want to explain the details so they understand what they need to do. I am speaking my mind without hesitation because I know I have some power to people to make them do what I want. When working within a hierarchical structure, the power balance is uneven because of the relationship between superiors and subordinates. Most of the time, I have less power when talking with management. I can discuss certain things with my manager, but I feel I...
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...Max is a two-year-old Caucasian male. He is thirty-four inches and weighs twenty-four pounds. Max lives with his mother, father, and his five-year-old sister. Max’s mother stated that they are involved in church regularly and every evening they had family night. She works from home to have quality time with Max. During the day, she stated Max has a daily routine of getting up, having a bowl of cheerio’s, dancing to the Wiggles, and plays in living room most of the day. He likes music, books, and a brown bear he sleeps with at night (Childs mother, personal communication, June 5, 2018). Their home is in Oakleaf, FL. It is a three-bedroom, one story with a big front yard with a walkway leading to the front door. The living room had a...
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...Family Diner Marketing Communications Plan Dawn G. Smith Grantham University BA330: Marketing Communications Angela Au December 1, 2015 Family Diner Communication Plan Executive Summary The Family Diner’s mission is to ensure that no family goes hungry, that each and every family has an enjoyable dining experience and the food served is of the finest quality to help build strong healthy families in the community. Along that line the Family Diner is committed to buying locally grown produce supporting the farm to fork movement in the area, providing an atmosphere that promotes family togetherness and that each family member leaves the diner feeling full and satisfied. The Family Diner’s staff supports the diner’s mission by greeting each customer as they are part of the family, supporting the homey atmosphere and treating each customer as if they never left the comfort of their own dining room. The Family Diner was founded by the Smith family in the early 1950’s and has been located in the same spot off of Route 66 ever since. The original owners have since passed away and left the diner to relatives. The relatives have never owned a diner before; however, they are keeping all of the former employees which consists of one cook who has been with the diner The Family Diner was acquired by the new owners due to a death in the family. Even though the new owners have no formal training in the restaurant business...
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...diagnosed and fit with hearing aids. Her family has been receiving early intervention services since Zoey was 5 months old. Zoey and her family have an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) to help best treat Zoey’s hearing loss. At 15 months, Zoey’s hearing results were consistent with her 3 month thresholds. At 17 months, Zoey had her hearing levels retested, and her thresholds were below what they were at 15 months....
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...SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY Scope and limitation Focus sa 3 family na active user sa Facebook With the growing popularity of the Internet and World Wide Web, there is increasing interest in the impact these new communication technologies have on our society and social institutions. Computers have evolved from the bulky, expensive and mysterious equipment owned by large corporations to affordable, functional tools for work and fun, at the office or at home. As a consequence of technological developments that enabled computers to exchange data using regular telephone lines, a revolutionary medium of communication has emerged. Computers, connected to the global telecommunication network, have become powerful tools of instantaneous communication around the world. Two distinct functions of this connectivity are: (1) online media--new agents of information and entertainment, similar to traditional media such as television, radio and print, and (2) computer mediated communication (CMC)--new channels for interactive, two-way communication that rival telephone conversations in their capacity to sustain conferencing and asynchronous communication. For the purposes of this study, the researchers treat online media and CMC as online media. Traditionally, families and households have been defined as social systems. However, modern households possess an additional technological dimension brought about by several media technologies--television sets, videocassette recorders, telephones, answering...
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...The organization that I chose for my service learning was helping at Fannin County Family Communications center. It was a fun experience that led me to seeing that people need help. I picked this place base on how many people I could help. This place serves as many things for people. It is a shelter and a food bank that gives out free food to people. This center has many goals, but above all they want to help as many people as possible. They take in many of the homeless people in Fannin and Polk county. They also provide food boxes for families that cannot afford to buy food. There is a large need this service in the community because the government has cut many people’s food stamps. With the cost of food rising, many people cannot afford food on their set incomes....
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...Means of communication has made a large impact on family life In this essay I am going to explore the importance of family life and how it is being largely disrupted by the means of communication which is largely being used by the younger generation and not quite understood by the older generation, so this creates a wall between the communication of the different generations. Every age has different views on family life, as we grow up we seem to distance ourselves from our families because we don’t need them as much as we did when we were younger. When kids hit their teen that’s when the communication with their parents is at its least as they rely more on their friends for support and share their problems with them instead of discussing it with the family, this is one way on how relationships between kids and parents grow apart. Kids will feel less close to their parents and more close to their friends as they may think they can understand what they are going through as they are the same age. Communication between the younger generation is completely different to how the middle aged and elder generation interact with each other. Families used to be the main source of entertainment and information as there was no electronic devices to keep us informed and entertained, families would gather together to play family games such as monopoly, chess, draughts, snakes and ladders etc. but the younger generation in this day and age have been introduced to electronic devices such...
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...Patient-Centered Care and Communication in Critical Care Pikes Peak Community College Patient-Centered Care and Communication in Critical Care Introduction Communication is a key component in nursing care. As nurses we must communicate with our patient’s, patients’ families, and a wide variety of healthcare team members. Communication can be vital to patient’s lives, informative to physicians, and calming or educational to families. The communication method, or theme, that a nurse uses as part of her care can positively, or negatively, affect every aspect of patient care. Communication plays a huge role in the way I care for patients and their families. Without positive, supportive communication I would have a very difficult time building a trusting relationship with my patients. My nursing career goal is to one day become a critical care nurse. I chose this article to further educate myself about affective communication and how I can apply this knowledge in a critical care setting. As a nurse working in the Intensive Care Unit, communication has a critical role in patient-centered care. The objective of this study was to perform a qualitative analysis of nurses’ communication behaviors to develop interventions that will improve patient-centered communication in the critical care setting. The theoretical model of patient-centered care contains five domains. The five domains include: the biopsychosocial perspective; the patient-as-person; sharing power and responsibility;...
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...Interpersonal Communication Report: A Military Family’s Adjustment in Interpersonal Communication While a Family Member Is Deployed Overseas Ronald C. Weafer Jr. Park University March 2, 2013 This example CA 104 report is provided to generate ideas about how students might create their own report. Used with author permission, received March 5, 2013. Abstract The research question to be answered in this report is the following: How can the principles of interpersonal communication positively impact communication between my family and me during my deployment overseas and my family members living at home? The three main ideas I will discuss will be to identify the elements of interpersonal communication that changed, how the communication capabilities changed our communication style, and discuss the specific interpersonal principles that improved how our family approached conflict management. In the conclusion, I will summarize the changes and the positive impact that interpersonal communication had on our conflict management. Interpersonal Communication Report: A Military Family’s Adjustment in Interpersonal Communication While a Family Member is Deployed Overseas It occurred to me during the first two weeks of taking my Interpersonal Communication class that I may be able to improve the manner in which I communicate with the members of my family living in Alaska while serving my tour here in Egypt, and vice versa. Interpersonal communication between...
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...Effective Communication Effective communication is an important quality of strong, healthy families. Research identifies communication as an essential building block of healthy marital, parent-child, and sibling relationships. Communication between families in their homes is unsuccessful when family members communicate by yelling, unclear messages, and not actively listening. Families that communicate in healthy ways are more capable of problem-solving and satisfied with their relationships. Transition Communication through yelling is an attempted solution to change the behavior of the person who he or she is angry at. This style is unsuccessful because it creates fear, which puts them into family battles, leaving the conversation, or freeze responses. This can lead to an increase of anger that starts a circle of hurt feelings that creates damage to the relationship. When a person walks away, does not listen, or emotionally leaves the conversation people feel unloved or disrespected. The freeze mode makes the receiver just sit there and take it, full of fear, and anxiety. None of these responses allow the person to be an active listener. As long as someone is yelling he or she will be unresponsive, not change, be rebelliousness, and could lead to ending the relationship. Communication is improved by talking in a calm respectful manner. If upset when communicating, take a break and start the conversation after calming down. Clear communication is an absolute must...
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...Communication Barriers at Duke Medical Center Introduction: Effective communication requires messages to be conveyed clearly to the appropriate parties, but along the way there are many communication barriers that can create misunderstandings and misinterpretations of the intended message (Burns et al., 2012). Such misunderstandings and misinterpretations are apparent in the case of Jesica Santillon. This case study will identify the social and cultural barriers that may have made it difficult for the doctors to communicate with Jessica’s family. This case study will also offer recommendations on modification of the transplant process to ensure that misunderstandings are eliminated or minimized; and lastly it will propose some general communication strategies to manage communication with each group involved in this tragic case. Communication Barriers There may have been many communication barriers that hindered the doctors from effectively communicating with Jesica’s family. We will discuss some social and cultural communication barriers between the physicians and Jesica’s family: The language differences may have been a leading obstacle to effective communication between the physicians and the family, The family recently migrated to the United States seeking treatment for Jesica's condition and were not fluent in the English language. Health literacy may have also induced the communication barrier between the physicians and...
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...multiple levels of communication, particularly to the families of the miners and the company’s employees. To start with, developing the communication requires a consideration for the people in the audience and their respective roles as either family members or employees. Ensuring they understand the gravity of the situation and addressing the needs of both parties through communication is challenging. The key to answering the challenge is the preparation prior to message delivery and understanding the goal of the communication will ensure proper receipt of the intended communication. Validation of the audience receiving the message is last part of ensuring the communication was effective. The method of accomplishing this validation is pursuing feedback from the miner‘s family members and the company’s employees. Completing this last piece of the communication process will ensure effective communication took place between the messenger and receiver. First, the most important consideration in delivering this message to the Chilean miner’s families and company’s employees would be to accept responsibility, be transparent in communication, and openly convey expectations on the outcome of the incident (Crenshaw, 2011). The next consideration is meeting the needs of both through an effective communication process. Specifically, the communication will have to address the needs and concerns of the miner’s families. The families will need to know...
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