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You were always mom's favorite! : sisters in conversation throughout their lives / by Tannen, Deborah.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-226) and index.Sisters in lifelong conversation -- "We're close but we're different": compare and contrast -- Looking up and talking down: competition and the array of age -- Whose side are you on?: Understanding alignment -- "I'll be the princess, you be the frog": younger sister: the view from the frog -- Gateway to the world: older sister: the view from the gate -- It's all talk: sisterspeak and genderlect -- Sisterness: the good, the bad, and how to get more of the lovely.Explores the connections among sisters throughout their childhood years into adulthood, including competitiveness, age differences, and lifelong friendships.
Subjects: Sisters.; Communication in families.; Interpersonal communication.;
© c2009., Random House,
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Family conflict / by Canary, Heather E.; Canary, Daniel J.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-196) and index.Introduction to Family Conflict. The Importance of Family Conflict -- Defining Family Conflict -- Theoretic Perspectives on Family Conflict -- A Multilevel Model of Family Conflict. -- Marital Conflict.The Nature of Marital Conflict -- Marital Conflict Strategies and Tactics -- Individual Outcomes of Marital Conflict -- Relational Outcomes of Marital Conflict -- Cultural Influences on Marital Conflict. -- Interparental Conflict, Post-Divorce, and Stepfamilies. Interparental Conflict -- Post-Divorce Families -- Stepfamilies -- Cultural Influences. -- Conflict between Parents and Children -- Conflict between Parents and Young Children -- Conflict between Parents and Adolescents -- Conflict between Parents and Adult Children -- Single-Parent Families and Conflict -- Cultural Considerations. -- Siblings in Conflict. What Makes Sibling Relationships Unique -- Sibling Conflict and Child Development -- Sibling Conflict in Childhood -- Adolescent Sibling Conflict -- Cultural Influences on Sibling Conflict. -- Conflict in the Face of Family Challenges: Work-Family Interface, Health & Disability, and Family Resilience. Work-Family Interface -- Health, Disability, and Family Conflict -- Family Resilience and Conflict -- Final Thoughts on Family Conflict -- Family Conflict at the Movies.This work takes a life course approach as it provides a discussion of family conflict issues, processes, and outcomes. Chapters draw on recent theory and research regarding sub-systems and stages in family life to give readers resource-rich overviews of conflict in contemporary families. After the initial chapter presents the landscape of family conflict theory and research, chapters focus on conflict in couple relationships, parent-child relationships, sibling relationships, and in stepfamilies. The book concludes with a discussion of how specific work, health, and disability challenges facing today's families influence, and are influenced by, conflict interactions. -- Publisher's description.
Subjects: Communication in families.; Families; Interpersonal conflict.;
© 2013., Polity,
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How to talk so kids will listen & listen so kids will talk / by Faber, Adele.; Mazlish, Elaine.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-334) and index.
Subjects: Parenting.; Interpersonal communication.; Parent and child.; Communication in families.; Parent-Child Relations.; Communication.;
© 2012., Scribner,
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Communication : core interpersonal skills for healthcare professionals / by O'Toole, Gjyn,author.https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjHqdRgJfvVyrg6GQmMdHy;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Section 1. The significance of effective interpersonal communication for the healthcare professional. Effective communication for healtcare professionals: a model to guide communication -- The overarching goal of communication for healtchcare professionals: person-centered care -- The specific goals of communication for healthcare professionals: introductions and providing information -- The specific goals of communication for healthcare professionals: questioning, comforting and confronting -- The specific goals of communication for healthcare professionals: effective conclusions of interactions and services: negotiating closure -- Section 2. Achieving effective communication by developing awareness within the healthcare professional. Awareness of and the need for relective practice in healthcare communication -- Awareness of self to enhance healthcare communication -- Awareness of how personal assumptions affect healthcare communication -- Awareness of the whole "person/s" for healthcare communication -- Awareness of the effects of non-verbal communication for the healthcare professional -- Awareness of listening to facilitate person/s-centered communication in healthcare -- Awareness of the effects of different environments up healthcare communication -- Section 3. Managing realities of communication as a healthcare professional. Holistic communication contributing to holistic healthcare -- Effective interprofessional communication within multidisciplinary teams -- Managing conflict when communicating as a healthcare professional -- Culturally responsive communication to accomodate cultural diversity in healthcare -- Healthcare professionals communicating with Indigenous peoples -- Misunderstandings and communication for the healthcare professional -- Ethical communication in healthcare -- Remote or long-distance healthcare communication: the typically unseen healthcare professional -- Telehealth or telecommunication: the seen but not-in-the-room healthcare professional -- Documentation: "one-way" professional healthcare communication -- Social media or "not present in person" communication and the healthcare professional -- Section 4. Scenarios to guide communication: opportunities for healthcare professionals to practice communicating effectively with "the person/s." Person/s experiencing strong negative emotions -- Person/s in particular stages of life -- Person/s fulfilling particular life roles -- Person/s experiencing particular conditions -- Person/s in particular contexts."Communication is a core skill for all healthcare professionals, regardless of their specific discipline. The fifth edition of Communication: Core Interpersonal Skills for Healthcare Professionals provides a comprehensive introduction that will be invaluable for students undertaking any training program in health. The book guides students toward an understanding of all the basic communication techniques and skills they will need in practice. They will learn to develop self-awareness about the impact their words and actions might have on others, use a person-centred model to reconstruct their communication style and approach, and then apply their new knowledge and skills to real-life scenarios. Easy to read and logically ordered over four sections, this book will guide students towards developing lifelong communication skills that will ultimately enable optimal person-centred care, successful therapeutic relationships and positive patient outcomes."--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Communication in medicine.; Medical personnel and patient.; Interpersonal communication.; Cultural competence.; Communication; Professional-Patient Relations; Professional-Family Relations; Cultural Competency;
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The parent app : understanding families in the digital age / by Clark, Lynn Schofield.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-291) and index.Risk, media, and parenting in a digital age -- Cyberbullying girls, helicopter moms, and internet predators -- Strict parents, gamer high school dropouts, and shunned overachievers -- Identity 2.0 : young people and digital and mobile media -- Less advantaged teens, ethnicity, and digital and mobile media : respect, restriction, and reversal -- Communication in families : expressive empowerment and respectful connectedness -- How parents are mediating the media in middle-class and in less advantaged homes -- Media rich and time poor : the emotion work of parenting in a digital age -- Parenting in a digital age : the mediatization of family life and the need to act.The Parent App is more than an advice manual. As Clark admits, technology changes too rapidly for that. Rather, she puts parenting in context, exploring the meaning of media challenges and the consequences of our responses--for our lives as family members and as members of society.
Subjects: Internet and families.; Internet; Parent and child.;
© c2013., Oxford University Press,
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Nonviolent communication : a language of life / by Rosenberg, Marshall B.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-199) and index.Giving from the heart -- Communication that blocks compassion -- Observing without evaluating -- Identifying and expressing feelings -- Taking responsibility for our feelings -- Requesting that which would enrich life -- Receiving empathically -- The power of empathy -- Connecting compassionately with ourselves -- Expressing anger fully -- The protective use of force -- Liberating ourselves and counseling others -- Expressing appreciation in nonviolent communication -- The four-part nonviolent communication process -- Some basic feelings and needs we all have -- About nonviolent communication.Enrich your personal and work relationships with the art of compassionate communication. What if you could defuse tension and create accord in even the most volatile situations just by changing the way you speak? Over the past 35 years, Marshall Rosenberg has done just that, peacefully resolving conflicts in families, schools, businesses, and governments in 30 countries on 5 continents.
Subjects: Interpersonal communication.; Interpersonal relations.; Communication.;
© c2003., PuddleDancer Press,
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Interpersonal relationships : professional communication skills for nurses / by Boggs, Kathleen Underman,author.; Arnold, Elizabeth.Interpersonal relationships.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Master the skills you need to communicate effectively in the healthcare setting! With this text, you will learn how to interact with patients, families, and the healthcare team in ways that are professional, honest, empathetic, and knowledgeable. It provides a clear guide to essential concepts and competencies, covering relationship skills, health promotion, patients with special communication needs, and interprofessional communication. Connecting concepts to current issues and best prctices, this text is a two-time winner of the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year award"--
Subjects: Nurse and patient.; Interpersonal communication.; Interprofessional relations.; Misinformation.; Nurse-Patient Relations; Interpersonal Relations; Nurses; Communication; Interprofessional Relations;
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Family-focused nursing care / by Denham, Sharon A.,1945-; Eggenberger, Sandra,author.; Krumwiede, Norma,author.; Young, Patricia K.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Health care needs for the 21st century -- Moving to family-focused care -- Thinking family to guide nursing actions -- Communication with and about families -- Family assessment -- Cultural and diversity aspects of health and illness care needs -- Using family theory to guide nursing practice -- Developing a family-focused nursing practice -- Family and nurse presence in family-focused care -- Family-focused care in acute settings -- Family-focused care and chronic illness -- Family-focused care to meet population needs -- "Doing for" versus "being with" -- Family-focused nursing actions -- Teaching family members supportive care."As health care transitions from individualized to family-focused care, make sure you're prepared to provide the very best care for your patients ... and their families--from assessment and care planning to care interventions and evaluations."--Page 4 of cover.
Subjects: Family nursing.; Families; Nurse and patient.; Family Nursing.; Nursing Care.;
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The baby signing book : includes 450 ASL signs for babies & toddlers / by Bingham, Sara.; Villanueva, Jamie,illustrator.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Babies can learn to sign before they can speak, and sign language gives them a way to express their wants and needs, easing their frustration. It allows parents to know that their babies are thinking, curb challenging behavior, and have fun 'chatting' about daily activities. A special world of communication awails you, where you will create wonderful memories that will last your family a lifetime. With this easy-to-follow program, you and your baby will enjoy learning American Sign Language (ASL) signs." - back cover.
Subjects: Nonverbal communication in infants.; Interpersonal communication in infants.; American Sign Language.; Sign language.; Baby sign language.;
© 2013., R. Rose,
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Co-parenting with a toxic ex : what to do when your ex-spouse tries to turn the kids against you / by Baker, Amy J. L.; Fine, Paul R.,1955-;
" There's no question about it: your children are the most important thing in your life. But if you have gone through a messy divorce, your relationship with your children may become strained if you have to deal with a toxic ex. Your ex may bad-mouth you in front of the kids, accuse you of being a bad parent, and even attempt to replace you in the children's lives with a new partner. As a result, your children may become confused, conflicted, angry, anxious, or depressed-and you may feel powerless. In Co-parenting with a Toxic Ex, a nationally recognized parenting expert offers you a positive parenting approach to dealing with a hostile ex-spouse. You'll learn to avoid the most common mistakes of coparenting, how to avoid "parental alienation syndrome," and effective techniques for talking to your children in a way that fosters open and honest response. In addition, you'll learn how to protect your children from painful loyalty conflicts between you and your ex-spouse. Divorce is often painful, especially if your ex habitually tries to undermine your relationship with your children. But with the right tools you can protect your kids and make your relationship with them stronger than ever. This book can show you how. You can find out more about this book and about author Amy J.L. Baker at www.amyjlbaker.com"--"After a messy divorce, it's all too common for one parent to try and undermine the relationship between their children and their ex. In Co-parenting with a Toxic Ex, readers are offered a positive parenting approach to coping with a hostile ex-spouse. Inside, mothers and fathers who are dealing with a toxic ex will learn how to avoid parental alienation, as well as techniques for talking to their children in a way that fosters open and honest response. Divorce can be painful, but with the right tools parents can protect their kids and build stronger, more trusting relationships"--Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-199).Introduction -- Causes and consequences of loyalty conflicts in families of divorce -- How co-parents create loyalty conflicts and how children respond -- Core concepts of positive parenting -- Deepening your bond and reducing conflict with your child -- When your ex is sending poisonous messages about you -- When your ex is interfering with contact and communication -- When your ex is erasing and replacing you -- When your ex is encouraging your child to betray your trust -- When your ex is undermining your authority and fostering dependency in your child -- Final words.
Subjects: Children of divorced parents.; Child rearing.; Parent and child.; Parental alienation syndrome.;
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