reproductive health services for adolescents - Pathfinder International

Module 16/Unit 4
CONTENT
Knowledge/Attitudes/Skills
Training/Learning Methods
(Time Required)
• Reinforcing the decision to seek
counseling and/or health care for felt
concerns.
• Expressing non-judgmental views
about the client’s needs and
concerns.
• Demonstrating responsibility for
fulfilling one’s professional role in
assisting the adolescent client.
• Exhibiting confidence and
professional competence in
addressing ARH issues.
VERBAL/NONVERBAL
COMMUNICATION
Health care providers need to explore
the many different nonverbal and
verbal behaviors they use when
communicating with clients.
Sometimes, without realizing it, providers
communicate one message verbally,
while communicating the opposite
message nonverbally.
Nonverbal communication is a
complex and often unconscious mixture
of actions, behaviors, and feelings that
reveal the way we really feel about
something.
Nonverbal communication is especially
important because it communicates
to clients the level of interest,
attention, warmth, and understanding
we feel towards them.
Positive nonverbal cues include:
• Leaning toward the client.
VERBAL/NONVERBAL
COMMUNICATION EXERCISE (30 MIN.)
The trainer should:
• Ask the Px to form pairs.
• One person should talk for 5 minutes
about a personal problem or concern.
• The other should try to communicate
interest, understanding, and help in
any way s/he wishes nonverbally
(s/he may not speak).
• Have the pairs switch roles and
repeat the exercise for 5 minutes.
• Stop and allow 2 to 3 minutes for the
pairs to talk freely to each other.
• Discuss the exercise with the entire
group. Some questions to raise are:
How did it feel to talk for five
uninterrupted minutes
How did it feel to be prevented
from talking
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