Behavioral Health Professional Analysis

Non Verbal Communication: includes gestures, facial expressions, and body positions (known collectively as “body language”), as well as unspoken understandings and presuppositions, and cultural and environmental conditions that may affect any encounter between

*Attending behavior these are the listening skills as well as out attending skills. This would include eye contact verbal and nonverbal behaviors. Giving all the attention to the client in this stage,

Hoagpian, Kuhn and Strother (2009) conducted a study in order to build upon research focused on the treatment of social skills deficits by targeting verbal and nonverbal social behavior of

As well as verbal communication, non-verbal communication is also very important in a therapeutic relationship. Eye contact is an important aspect of non-verbal behaviour for a majority of people when mentioning interpersonal skills. However, future registered nurses need to be mindful of cultural backgrounds and how to approach them with respect. (Skillsyouneed

I am a psychiatric nurse and I have been in the psychiatric field since 2009. I have been mental health technician, licensed practical nurse and lastly I am a registered nurse. I know how every position works and the interactions with patients, but the one thing that does not change in each position is safety. In Behavioral Health the most important intervention is to ensure patient safety and staff safety as well. My main assessment is the psych assessment because to be in my floor the patient has to be medically clear (Hinojosa, Knapp, & Woodworth, 2015). This allows me to concentrate mainly in the patient’s behavioral health. The first question that I do to any patient is if they are having any suicidal or homicidal ideation. If the patient expresses such ideations, the next question should be if there is any

These sources provided in-depth information on the benefits and downfalls of a variety of social skills based interventions by using supporting evidence like case studies and statistics. This led to further development of my research direction, where I was able to form interview questions for my primary research.

By understanding which type of think is best suited for the individual with ASD, the easier it is to find them a career than fits their strengths and abilities as well as keeping them employed for longer. 12.) Why would social skills development be an important part of the ITP process? The development of social skills is important to the ITP process because in addition to career success, one need to have leisure time as well.

A behavioral health professional (BHP) is responsible to use systemic therapeutic framework to conceptualize and manage family dynamics in a primary care setting. The BHP must review the contextual dynamic between the patient and family members. To address this, the BHP must utilize core traditional and behavioral health competencies to develop targeted systemic assessment and interventions for the family members and the patient. Target systemic assessment and interventions, relational management and systemic leadership can help the BHP acquire and understand family dynamic patterns and appropriate interventions for the care plan (McDaniel, Campbell, Hepworth and Lorenz, 2005; Robison and McDaniel, Doherty and Hepworth, 2014).

For instance, finding what motivates a client to communicate is highly beneficial in determining their optimal means of communication, whether this is through speech, low technology boards, a high technology device, or a combination of methods. For example, one client loved writing to communicate, but his writing was not always legible or it was hard to understand what he meant, so I worked on showing him how to type on the device and form complete sentences that fully conveyed his message. When working with any client, it can be challenging to find what motivates them to communicate and work in therapy. One way of finding what motivates a client to communicate is to inform them what they are working for and why they are targeting a certain skill. For this client, knowing that communicating on the device meant he was better understood was highly motivating. Another important skill is being able to understand the settings in which a client communicates and interacts. Through this job, I have primarily worked with adults with developmental disabilities in a variety of settings, including care homes, assisted living facilities, day programs, and our office. The client may communicate differently in each environment; for instance, a

Nonverbal communication covers all aspects of communication beyond words. It is anything from body gestures to the way words are spoken. The tone, demeanor, hidden meaning behind words, mix that with body language and what is creates in nonverbal communication elements. Even clothes and personal appearance can send a nonverbal message. Nonverbal communication accounts for nearly 65-93% communication means (Wood, 2014). One area where nonverbal communication sent a negative, incorrect message is the movie Erin Brockovich. The clothing of the main character sent the message that she was uneducated, white trash. This could not be further from the truth. She was an intelligent, single mother who saw a problem where nobody else did.

Based on my Naviance research, college and career readiness for me, aiming towards a future in physical therapy, means that I need excellent people skills, including social perceptiveness and service orientation, and remarkable learning skills, such as critical thinking and the ability to collect research. According to The Council of Chief State School Officers, communication, problem formulation, research, interpretation are the four key aspects to college and career readiness. People skills, which reflect communication and interpretation, are especially important in physical therapy because communicating with patients and evaluating their needs are the fundamental principles of the job. Onetonline.org defines social perceptiveness as being aware of others' reactions and

Non-verbal communication is used to give us cues about what is being communicated (Underman and Boggs, 2011) and involves listening, eye contact, body language, facial expressions and movements. Posture can be open or closed reflecting a person’s emotions and attitudes (skillsyouneed, 2014). Listening can create trust, act as an advocate and build a therapeutic rapport with the patient. Barriers to listening are a noisy environment, tone of voice, timing and tiredness. Kinesics (body language) is an important non-verbal skill that involves the conscious or unconscious body positioning or actions of the communicator (Underman and Boggs, 2011). Following the SOLER guideline is useful. S- Sit squarely to the person (face them). O- Maintain an open position, L- Lean slightly forward, E- Maintain comfortable eye contact and R- Relax and take your time (Egan, 2002).

The principal, school psychologist, parents of kids with Autism, two kids with HFASD, teachers of art and physical education, and special education teachers were the participants (Ostmeyer & Scarpa, 2012). This focus group were concerned with the social skills and behavior of the HFAD children. The adults came together as a team to figure out a way to help both teachers, parents, and students deal with this behavior.

Language is very important in the field of Behavior Analysis. The terms/vocabulary is universal amongst the professional Behavior analysis (BCABA). If you talk about using the procedure reinforcement, you would know that when a person emits a behavior that the stimuls that follows it will cause an increase in that behavior in the future (Cooper, Heron & Heward, 2007 p.702). Behavior analysis may be “accused of drawing arbitrary distinctions between different everyday phenomenon” (Dr. Howard, 2016). A phenomenon could be a person expressing anger. Every person may express anger differently, some people may scream, kick, punch, bite, or do something else. Behavior analysis use a behavioral definition to define exactly what anger is for their

The skill I will be focusing on with the employees of Alam Realty is how to better communicate using non-verbal communication. Non-verbal communication such as active listening, watching for customer’s body language cues and being aware of their own body positions, are important skills for sales professionals because the sales transaction depends on good communication. From the Needs Assessment, it has been determined there are several areas of non-communication that need to be covered in training. Listening skills that focus on giving full attention to the customer, nodding their head the use of non-lexical fillers and appropriate eye contact. The training will also cover first impressions, facial