Communication and Education Skills for Dietetics Professionals

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XYZ editeur/XYZ Publishing, 2003 - 379 pages
Strong communications skills are essential for dietetics professionals helping patients improve their nutrition and eating habits. Based on the 2002 Commission on Accreditation in Dietetics (CADE) standards for education, this text aids nutritionists, dietitians, and allied health professionals in strengthening interpersonal relationships with clients and patients by offering current activities, case studies, techniques, and directives related to nutritional counseling. The Fourth Edition is updated with a guide to online resources, behavioral objectives, additional case studies, and new illustrations. The American Dietetic Association’s competencies on communication are included. Also included is an online instructor’s manual containing answers to the review and discussion questions, as well as information on each case study.

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Contents

Challenges for Dietetics Professionals
2
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION MODEL
15
LISTENING SKILLS
28
PARTS OF THE INTERVIEW
44
CLOSING THE INTERVIEW
59
COUNSELING AS A FOURSTAGE PROCESS
74
Nutrition Counseling
83
GOAL SETTING
91
Motivating Clients and Employees
189
CONTEMPORARY THEORIES OF MOTIVATION
196
SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS
202
Principles and Theories of Learning
207
ANDRAGOGY
220
ENVIRONMENT FOR LEARNING
233
DETERMINING THE CONTENT
251
TASK ANALYSIS
264

EVALUATION OF OUTCOMES AND FOLLOWUP
98
Counseling for Behavior Modification
110
SELFMONITORING
123
IMPLICATIONS FOR THERAPY
131
COGNITIONS
137
SELFEFFICACY
143
CrossCultural and LifeSpan Counseling
162
COUNSELING THROUGHOUT THE LIFE SPAN
169
LIMITED LITERACY
182
RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY
280
COHESIVENESS IN GROUPS
293
THE RELATIONSHIP OF COHESIVENESS TO CHANGE IN GROUPS
295
GROUPS AS SUPPLEMENT TO INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING
309
DELIVERING THE PRESENTATION
322
Planning Selecting and Using Instructional Media
335
PURCHASING PREPARED MEDIA MATERIALS
354
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