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More Than Just Words: Communication and Relationship Skills that Make a Difference: Communication and Relationship Skills that Make a Difference
Paperback
Publisher: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company
Published: Jan 1 1753
Pages: 64
Weight: 0.22
Height: 0.13 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Brent D. Ruben, Ph.D., and Watts Ruben
Communication is vital in every facet of our lives, and critical thinking about communication and social relations is an important developmental process. Children-like the rest of us-face daily challenges and with opportunities to become better communicators in their relations with family, friends, and acquaintances. More than Just Words is in-tended to be useful for encouraging reflection and learning that supports reflection and critical thinking about com-munication at an early age.
The book is written for young readers, and for parents, grandparents, teachers who are encouraged to engage with children to discuss the ideas and situations presented. The book is organized into two broad sections: The first section provides an introduction to key communication ideas and tools, and the second presents a series of communication tips and mini case studies - hypothetical situations to which the ideas and tools discussed in Section 1 can be ap-plied. More than Just Words is designed to encourage thoughtful reflections and conversations about communication and social relations by children and adult
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