KPC Module One: Unit 4

We’re at week four already!

Module One is all about Advanced Communication Skills, so practising these skills is a pretty integral part of the course.

This week we were focusing on “Responding” skills – discussing the importance of responding appropriately to a speaker, the negative impact that responding inappropriately can have, and finally learning about the different ways in which we respond to the people around us, for example through affirmative noises, tone of voice, body language, eye contact, being empathic, and paraphrasing what the speaker has said.

Then it was time to practise! We were back in the same triad as we were last week – and the process was the same as last week, with each of us taking it in turns to be the Speaker, Listener, and Observer. The focus this week for the Listener was to practise their responding skills (but they were still not allowed to ask any questions!).

So, on to this week’s knitted aide memoire. On the right side, I have knitted a variation of Old Shale (a traditional Shetland stitch pattern) – Old Shale forms a lovely wavy pattern, in this case representing the sound waves emanating from the Speaker! On the left side is a pattern called Ear of Wheat – the “ear” being a reminder to the Listener to really listen to what the Speaker said, and then to respond appropriately.

Here’s the pattern I designed for this week, and below is a picture of the actual knitting…

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