Title: Reflective Practice
Course: Fundamentals of Behavioral Health (70 Hours with MOAB) > Section: Unit 3: Communication, Compassion and Teamwork

Entry 3:  Behavioral Health Reflective Learning Journal

Now that you have completed this Unit, please respond in writing to the following questions:

1.  List and then explain two ways the purpose of communication can go wrong or not be achieved.

2.  Describe three types of nonverbal communication you consistently use and the impact they have on your communication with others.

3.    Rate yourself on how well you actively listen to others. Use a scale from 1-10 with 10 being the best or most effective listener. Explain why you gave yourself the rating you did and what two actions you can take to improve your rating (listening skills).

4.  Provide a brief account of when you demonstrated compassion or provided compassionate care?  Explain why you felt you were being compassionate.

5.  Think of a situation when you had a conflict with another person.  What conflict style was used?  Was it successful in resolving the conflict?  If not, explain why.

6.  Describe one most important piece of knowledge or a skill about caring for or responding to patients with behavioral health problems or mental health disorders that you learned from completing this Unit and one area of knowledge or skill that you are still unclear or unsure about. Identify how you will obtain or develop the knowledge or skill.

7.  How will what you learned in this Unit change the way you currently respond to patients with behavioral health problems or mental health disorders?