INT102 Interpersonal Communication Skills

Students are required to complete a written report with specific focus on their case study drawn from own lived experience (i.e. someone you have met).

Students are required to:

• Choose a case study from one of the groups listed below to demonstrate identified barriers and applied resources in action – this should be from your own experience.
• Describe the communication barriers when working with the chosen client group (please draw these from 140 – 142 of the De Janasz text book).
• Demonstrate clear understanding of the communication skills required for effectively communicating with the chosen client group.
• Identify applicable resources that may assist with communication with the chosen client
• Include in-text references for direct quotes (e.g. definitions and statistics) and a final slide with a reference list including all sources used in the presentation.

Client groups that can be chosen:

• Children
• Youth
• Elderly
• Disability – chose one type g. vision impairment or person with cerebral palsy
• Aboriginal / Torres Strait Islander people
• Other (please advise your Lecturer if you would like to focus on a group not mentioned above)

Written report (20%)

Students are required to submit a written report between 1000 - 1200 words on communicating with a chosen target client group. Use the information delivered in your presentation to supply the content (barriers, skills, resources and the case study) but also include information from the academic resources.

Students are to use APA 7 report format (with subheadings) and referencing, both in-text and reference list, and include excerpts from at least 5 (scholarly) journals.

Do NOT utilise sources such as www.tutor2u.com and other such web materials as these in no way constitute academic references for the purpose of your Tutorings. If you rely on such sources for theoretical support, you will be deemed NOT to have met the requirements of the assessment.