Assessment of Environment & Communicative Partners

Question 1

According to Manalasan (2021) in assessing communication partners we have to:

Answer 1

1. Identify critical partners in each essential environment
2. Measure communication opportunities provided by those partners
3. Determine the number of communication acts responded to appropriately and inappropriately
4. Identify partners who might be most facilitating to further establishment of communication demands and opportunities.

Question 2

developed an assessment tool that is helpful to document five circles of communication partners who might contribute on individual’s social network, starting with the inner circle of family member and life partners, then friends, then acquaintances, paid professionals and finally unfamiliar people

Answer 2

Blacstone and Hynt Berg (2003)

Question 3

What are the five circles of communication partners

Answer 3

1. individual’s life partners
2. individual’s good friends
3. individual’s acquiatances
4. people who are paid
5. unfamiliar people

Question 4

Types of barriers

Answer 4

Policy barriers
Practice barriers
Attitude barriers
Knowledge barriers
Skill barriers
Structural barriers
Access barriers

Question 5

Participation Model has 2 main types of potential barriers:

Answer 5

access and oppurtunity