Understand how to reduce barriers to communication
In this lesson you will learn:
- About barriers to communication
- Ways to reduce barriers to communication
- Ways to check that communication has been understood
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- ‘Barriers to effective communication’ on the Skills You Need website
- ‘Communication skills in social care’ from Skills for Care
- ‘Supporting people with communication difficulties’ from East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Presentation
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Communication Matters is a UK charitable organisation of members concerned with using assistive technologies and devices to aid communication, including eye pointing, word boards, and speech output devices.
- Speech and Language UK is the operating name of I CAN Charity, a UK children’s communication charity focusing on development of speech, language and communication skills with a particular emphasis on those with communication difficulties.
- This article on ‘How to check if you have been understood’ is on the Active Social Care website.
- Look on the internet to find websites that provide information about speech difficulties. Could you learn Makaton speech and sign, perhaps? What else can you discover that helps your understanding of others and the way they communicate?
- Your role will often bring you into contact with adults who have difficulties communicating with you. Use the internet to find out ways that you can adapt the way you communicate to ensure effective communication with those with a speech, visual or hearing impairment, for whom English is an additional language, or who do not speak English at all.
- Think And Challenge
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