project proposal revision

On April 6th, at about 5:30pm in UCB 112, a group consisting of Chenoa Castro, Jennifer Panehal, and Rebekah Bernard will present a 45 minute discussion on the vital importance of communication in the practice of psychology. A rough outline of our presentation is:

I. Introduction of Topic
a. How communication is so important to psychology
b. Bring in the Covey Book as a prop for the topic
c. Give goal for the topic to our group
1. Suggest the 8th Habit is a useful tool in attending to clients

II. Share some insight into how psychology and communication interconnect
a. Why it's important
b. How we can practice uniting both disciplines
1. Nonverbal and verbal communication
2. Group and individual communication
3. Multicultural communication
4. Building trust
c. Integrating the practices together
1. How can someone learn about this?
2. How it can make a difference?
d. Ask group of attendees to share their thought

III. The 8th Habit
a. Pass out handout
b. Share some ideas found in Covey book
c. Share why it relates to our topic

IV. Examples
a. Do a role-play
1. Psychology without communication
2. Psychology with communication
3. Using the 8th Habit
b. Give various useful examples (s/a with supervisors, grant writing, family, clients etc.)
c. Ask questions

V. Conclusion
a. Overview of what we talked about
b. Re-state our goal and extend invitation to consciously practice the 8th Habit

We are meeting several times via internet and in person to give this outline greater detail and planning. After the presentation is complete, we will also submit a more detailed synopsis of our presentation and what we each did to contribute to its success. Chenoa and Rebekah will be giving the presentation in person and Jennifer (who is on the mainland) will contribute with outlines, research, handouts, and papers. In addition, we plan to document our personal experiences. We may ask those who view our presentation to fill out a response survey, though this is still in the planning process. Any feedback/suggestions you may have regarding our project would be greatly appreciated!