Talking with Families about Things that are Hard for Them to Hear.

Authors

  • Stephen Robinson Ministry of Education

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54322/kairaranga.v7i1.47

Keywords:

communication skills, interpersonal communication, family involvement, parent school relationships

Abstract

This article is based on the author’s personal experience of an uncomfortable discussion with a family. Issues are explored around the difficulty in anticipating how a young child with a learning delay will respond to speech-language therapy and how the practitioner will give accurate information. Two key journal articles on giving bad news are summarised.

Author Biography

  • Stephen Robinson, Ministry of Education

    Stephen Robinson is a Speech-Language Therapist who has
    worked in Rotorua and in the fi eld of special education for
    the past 10 years.

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Published

01-01-2006

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2006)

Section

Vol 7 Iss 1

License

Copyright (c) 2022 Stephen Robinson

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How to Cite

Talking with Families about Things that are Hard for Them to Hear. (2006). Kairaranga, 7(1), 17-19. https://doi.org/10.54322/kairaranga.v7i1.47