Crisis Intervention-Ch 2, Crisis Intervention Skills Flashcards
crisis intervention involves three components
- the crisis
- the individual or group in crisis
- the crisis intervener
what is of paramount importance to crisis intervention
ability to communicate effectively
who quoted “when the eyes say one thing and the tongue another, a practiced man relies on the first.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
____ _____ is a significant factor in effective communication because it influences the meaning of a message being sent from one person to another
Nonverbal communication
several reason for attending and focusing on nonverbal communication.
- meaning of a conversation is derived mostly from nonverbal communication(voice, face,body)
- feelings and emotions are more accurately revealed by nonverbal means
- nonverbal portion of a message conveys meanings and intentions that are relatively free of deception and distortion.
- nonverbal cues represent more efficient means of communication than verbal cues
- nonverbal messages are usually sent without conscious thought and are more accurate indicators of someones true feelings than verbal
The most important function of the human face is the
communication of emotions
The ____ also allow one to express emotion
eyes
When positive emotions are experienced, the pupils ______. When negative emotions are experienced, the pupils ____
enlarge, contract
In the mainstream culture of America, direct eye contact is usually viewed as
display of credibility
This type of communicate is a sense of openness that stimulates communication or communicates a sense of unavailability.
body cues
open hands and relaxed arms and legs demonstrate _____ while crossed arms and legs communicate ____ and ____
openness
inaccessibility and defensiveness
use of space, distance, and territory influence communication and send messages to both speaker and listener
proximity
area surrounding our physical selves within which others are generally welcome
personal space
___ is related to the closeness with which we allow others during communication
distance
Hall identified four zones:
- intimate distance- 0 to 18 inches
- personal distance- 1 to 4 ft
- social distance- 4 to 12 ft
- public distance- 12 ft or more
____ is defined as that space which we perceive as ours.
territory- rigid behavior in elevator, moving when someone sits too close, placing coats between oneself and the person wanting a seat
Amount of space, distance and territoriality are influenced by factors such as
beliefs, values gender age ethnicity or race status, personality degree of acquaintance
vocal qualities and characteristics that allow us to differentiate one person’s vocal cues from another are referred to as
paralanguage–loudness, pitch, rate,duration, quality, regularity, articulation, pronunciation and silence
who quoted “to listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well”
John Marshal, former chief justice of Supreme Crt
____ is a passive behavior
hearing- does not involve attention or effort
____ is an active behavior
listening- requires one to not only hear sounds, but to differentiate between the words used
There are essentially four levels of listening
- nonlistening
- marginal listening
- evaluative listening
- active listening
At the lowest skill level is _____, where the person hearing the noise makes no effort to listen
nonlistening
the ___ ____ hears words and sounds, but does not compute the message.
marginal listening–Persons in crisis have trouble focusing on the here and now
___ ____ listen to the message, but do not capture the feelings behind the words. They concentrate to an extent, yet they focus on making a rebuttal to speakers message.
evaluative listening- empathy is lacking and continually interrupts the speaker without fully listening to the message
Another form of evaluative listening involves __________________, listening. Listener is only interested in the content in the speakers communication that is of relevance to the listeners ends.
Just the facts, ma’am”
____ _____ try to understand both the content and the context of the message.
active listeners– are keenly aware of nonverbal cues and specific cues to help detect the context. These sensitive, effective listeners respond appropriately to the speakers message
The listening process is not complete without the listener providing _____ to the speaker.
feedback
______, as a form of feedback, put the essence of the speakers message into the listeners own words
paraphrasing- creates empathy, establishes rapport
____ is the technique of repeating the last word or phrase the subject said and putting a question mark after it.
mirroring- helps when listener is at loss for words. Helpful in early stages of crisis, can serve to build rapport.
___ ____ allows a listener to attach a tentative label to the feelings expressed or implied by speakers verbal and nonverbal communication.
emotional labeling- provides the listener with info about the speakers emotional state
____ or _____ can be used effectively for a number of purposes. Used to emphasize a point.
silence or effective pauses- A simple but useful discipline is to count slowly to 20 after asking a question
______ enables a listener to let the speaker know how the latter is making the listener feel, why the listener feels that way and what the speaker can do to remedy the situation.
“I” messages- conveys the info in a nonthreatening way and does not put the speaker on the defensive. ex: I feel frustrated that we have not been able to come to an agreement.
________ are intended to gather information during communication. These questions, asked by the listener, encourage the speaker to say more without actually directing the conversation.
open-ended questions- usually begin with how, what, when and where…They cannot be answered with “yes or “no”. “why” questions should not be used , they tend to move the conversation toward blame,
________ may be made that restate the content, feelings or both of what a person is communicating
reflective statements- ex: You sound ___, You feel ___ because ____.
_____ is defined as a process of establishing a relationship of trust, harmony,affinity or accord with another
rapport
building a good, positive ____ is essential for effective communication between a crisis intervener and his client
rapport
DePanfilis and Salus suggest that there are certain needs of clients that should be considered in building rapport:
- clients need to be treated as unique individual
- clients need to feel comfortable to talk openly and honestly about both negative and positive feelings
- clients need an empathetic understanding
- clients need to be accepted as people of worth
- clients need to believe they are working with someone who is nonjudgemental
- clients need to make their own choices and decisions
- clients need confidentiality
A continuum (from most open-ended to least open-ended) consists of five types of questions:
- general questions
- focused questions
- multiple-choice questions-Children have difficulty with this type of question
- yes-no questions-When open-ended questions are not productive. Children tend to give what they believe are right answers
- leading questions
who quoted “I am a citizen, not of Athens or Greece, but of the world”
Socrates
Decades ago, US was referred to as the melting pot of the world; people from many lands came to US to live and it was expected that they would “melt” into the mainstream culture. However, it never happened, the metaphor has been changed to a salad bowl, which reflects the people of US
many groups prefer to maintain their traditions and beliefs and resist assimilation into Eurocentric or Anglo culture.
Leathers define culture as
those values, beliefs, customs, rules, laws and communicative behaviors that can be used to differentiate one societal group from another.
Kabagarama suggested that we can divide culture into two components;
material- artifacts such as cars, houses, clothers
nonmaterial- values,norms, beliefs, emotions,attitudes
Hall classified world cultures into two categories;
low and high context
low context cultures
such as US and northern Europe, meaning is derived from the message, while interactions are functionally based. Communicating are more structured and direct with less emotion involved