Communication & Education Skills for Dietetics Professionals

by Holli, Betsy B.; Calabrese, Richard J.; Maillet, Julie O'Sullivan

• ISBN13: 9780781737401
• ISBN10: 0781737400
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-21
• Publisher: Lippincott Willams & Wilkins

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Challenges for Dietetics Professionals
Origins of Food Habits or Behaviors	2	(3)
Dietary Adherence	5	(2)
Management Practice in Dietetics	7	(1)
American Dietetic Association Knowledge and Skill Requirements	8	(1)
Dietetic Practice Groups	9	(5)
Communication
Effective Communication Operationally Defined	14	(1)
Interpersonal Communication Model	15	(2)
Verbal and Nonverbal Communication	17	(11)
Listening Skills	28	(1)
Negotiation	29	(2)
Communicating With Legislators	31	(7)
Interviewing
Nutrition Interviews	38	(1)
Pre-Employment Interviews	39	(1)
Conditions Facilitating Interviews	40	(4)
Parts of the Interview	44	(1)
Opening	45	(1)
Exploration Phase	46	(7)
Responses	53	(6)
Closing the Interview	59	(8)
Counseling
Rogerian Client-Centered (Nondirective) Counseling	67	(1)
Counseling Processes	68	(1)
Motivational Interviewing	69	(5)
Counseling As A Four-Stage Process	74	(1)
Directive Counseling	75	(8)
Nutrition Counseling
Goals of Nutrition Counseling	83	(2)
Model of the Nutrition Counseling Process	85	(1)
Assessment	85	(6)
Goal Setting	91	(5)
Intervention and Treatment	96	(2)
Evaluation of Outcomes and Follow-Up	98	(1)
Documentation	99	(1)
Expanding Roles for Dietitians	100	(12)
Counseling for Behavior Modification
Diane Rigassio Radler
Classical Conditioning	112	(1)
Operant Conditioning	113	(1)
Modeling	114	(1)
Changing Eating Behaviors	115	(8)
Self-Monitoring	123	(1)
Self-Management	124	(1)
Social Support	125	(1)
Applications	126	(5)
Implications for Therapy	131	(6)
Counseling for Cognitive Change
Cognitions	137	(6)
Self-Efficacy	143	(5)
Relapse Prevention	148	(15)
Cross-Cultural and Life-Span Counseling
Workplace Diversity	163	(1)
Cultural Competence in Counseling	164	(5)
Counseling Throughout the Life Span	169	(13)
Limited Literacy	182	(9)
Motivating Clients and Employees
Motivation of Clients and Patients	191	(2)
Motivation of Employees	193	(3)
Contemporary Theories of Motivation	196	(6)
Summary of Recommendations	202	(5)
Principles and Theories of Learning
Learning and Learning Theories	207	(1)
Behavioral Learning Theories	208	(3)
Social Cognitive Theory	211	(2)
Cognitive Theories	213	(2)
Memory	215	(4)
Transfer of Learning	219	(1)
Andragogy	220	(3)
Learning Styles and Teaching Styles	223	(2)
Diffusion of Innovations	225	(6)
Planning Learning
Teaching, Learning, and Education	231	(2)
Environment for Learning	233	(1)
Steps to Education	234	(1)
Needs Assessment	235	(2)
Performance Objectives	237	(5)
Domains of Learning	242	(9)
Determining the Content	251	(1)
Organizing Training Groups	251	(5)
Implementing and Evaluating Learning
Selecting and Implementing Learning Activities	256	(1)
Techniques and Methods	257	(7)
Task Analysis	264	(1)
Job Instruction Training	265	(2)
Sequence of Instruction	267	(1)
Evaluation of Results	268	(12)
Reliability and Validity	280	(1)
Lesson Plans/Program Plans	281	(1)
Documentation	282	(8)
Group Facilitation and Dynamics
Characteristics of an Effectively Operating Team	290	(2)
Stimulating Change in Teams/Groups	292	(1)
Cohesiveness in Groups	293	(2)
The Relationship of Cohesiveness to Change in Groups	295	(2)
Informal Work Groups	297	(1)
Facilitator Preparation	298	(1)
Group Facilitation Skills	298	(4)
Facilitator/Participant Functions	302	(2)
Paradox of Group Dynamics	304	(1)
Synergy	304	(2)
Guidelines for Seeking Consensus	306	(1)
Group Participation in Decision-Making	307	(2)
Groups as Supplement to Individual Counseling	309	(7)
Delivering Oral Presentations and Conducting Workshops
Advance Planning and Organization for the Presentation	316	(1)
Introduction Critical to Speaker Credibility	317	(1)
Key Objectives of the Body of the Presentation	318	(1)
Concluding A Presentation	318	(1)
Correlation Between Form and Speaker Credibility	319	(1)
Media as Related to Presenter's Credibility	319	(1)
Oral Presentations	320	(2)
Delivering the Presentation	322	(4)
Post-Presentation	326	(1)
Workshops	326	(2)
Communicating Through the Mass Media	328	(7)
Planning, Selecting, and Using Instructional Media
Benefits of Visual Media	335	(1)
Planning Visual Media	336	(1)
Art and Design Principles	337	(3)
Asynchronous or Synchronous Learning	340	(1)
The Environment for the Synchronous Presentation	341	(1)
Kinds of Visual Media	342	(12)
Purchasing Prepared Media Materials	354	(2)
Giving Presentations	356	(1)
Evaluating Results	356	(1)
The Future Generation	356	(6)
Index	362