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ATC401A Advanced Therapeutic Communication - Torrens University Australia
Reflective Journal
Learning Outcome 1: Task Summary
This is a reflective journal in which you should reflect upon the work undertaken in the weekly discussion forums up to week ten, then critically explain how you plan to integrate your insights regarding your personal communication skills into your professional practice including strategies for future improvement. You must complete three to five discussion forums to complete this assessment.
Context
This task requires you to reflect on your previous self-analysis in the forums, further evaluating your own personal communication style including barriers to communication in and design strategies for future improvement.
The ability to critically self-reflect is a key element in developing communication and counselling skills. This assessment draws on your discussion forum participation. You may also find the work you have done in your personal reflective journals useful in completing
this assessment. This assessment should also address the impact of diversity and the online environment on interpersonal communication
Task Instructions
For this assessment, you must submit a personal reflective journal that critically reflects on your communication skills and establishes strategies to improve your interpersonal communication. The journal should document your engagement with two topics covered in modules five to ten.
To complete this assessment, your participation in the weekly discussion forums is essential, as it will provide an opportunity to critically absorb and examine therapeutic communication topics relevant to your professional practice.
How to complete the assessment:
1) Choose two of the weekly discussion modules covered in weeks five to ten.
2) Write a short two-to-three sentence introduction detailing the topics you intend to cover in your reflective journal.
3) Briefly summarise your discussion forum learning, in no more than one paragraph.
4) For each of the discussion forums you chose, analyse and discuss your learnings.
5) After analysing your forum participation and learning, critically analyse how you could improve your own interpersonal communication in the short and long term.
6) Briefly describe how you intend to integrate your insights regarding your personal communication skills into your professional practice.
Referencing
It is essential that you use appropriate APA style for citing and referencing research.
Attachment:- Advanced Therapeutic Communication.rar