Monday, January 6, 2014
Effective Communication
I am very excited to begin this semester with each of you and being able to have the opportunity to learn something about you as well as something new about myself. Communication is extremely important in everyday life and it is key when working with young children and their families. The one person in my life that I believe has excellent communication skills is my mother. My mother hold a Master's degree in counseling as well as being a LPC. Although she is now retired she still amazes me on how in tune she is with her environment and communicating with other around her. She offers great insight, advice, eye contact, and overall positive feedback when speaking with her. She makes a point to repeat what you have told her in order to make sure that she is understanding you correctly before she begins her response. I believe that she obtained these skills not only through her studies but through her years of experience as an educator before becoming a counselor.
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It is so great that you had such a wonderful model for effective communication throughout your childhood. I think her skills have rubbed off on you, because your blog post was both effective and insightful. I look forward to getting to know you and gaining insight from your past experiences!
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of repeating what a person said to you to ensure that you understood them correctly. I am going to try to remember this and incorporate it into my communication. Your mother sounds like she was a wise and effective communicator.
ReplyDeleteHi Kami,
ReplyDeleteI also am looking forward to learning with you. I believe that an effective tool in communicating is listening to what the speaker is saying. Not to read into what the person is saying but hear what they are really saying. By repeating what the person has said back to them they are able to let you know if what you thought you heard is actually what they said. I find that sometimes what I think I hear is not either what was said or what they meant. Another thing that I have learned is that in repeating phrases back to the speaker they can also hear what they said and sometimes it is not what they meant to say. One of my goals for this course is to learn to effectively communicate with others. I look forward to learning with you.
Hi Kami,
ReplyDeleteI am so excited for you that you have a great source to the early childhood field, your mom! She sounds like an amazing person and has fine tuned her communication skills. I like the idea of repeating back what a person has said to you in conversation. I have heard that in the past and forget to use it often. I quickly forget things in conversations so I am going to try this! I look forward to working with you and reading your insights!
Natasha
Hi Kami,
ReplyDeleteI am right along with you, very excited to continue this journey with you all. Your mother sounds like an extraordinary person. I would one hope to be a counselor as well near the end if my journey as an educator. The years of constantly communicating and interacting with families and children creates unique ways of asking questions, gaining information, giving information, and gasping listeners. i hope that you mother is enjoying her retirement.
Kami you and I both chose our mother's. i believe that Our mother both have a lot in common.While my mother is not a Certified Counselor she is a Counselor Certified by God . My mom is a Pastor who counsels couples, families, and many other people.
ReplyDeleteLove your post