Table of Contents

PART 1 COMMUNICATION AND DEVELOPMENT 1: Introducing Communication & Development
PART 2 LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT 2: The Antenatal Journey 3: Birth and Neonate 4: 'MY do it!' Communication with Babies and Young Children 5: School Age 6: Teens 7: Early Adulthood 8: Middle Years 9: Senior Years 10: Death, Grief and Bereavement
PART 3 COMMUNICATION AND HUMAN ENGAGEMENT 11: Communication and survival 12: Access and Communication 13: Power Relations 14: Culture 15: Social and Interpersonal Dynamics 16: Touch 17: Media 18: Types of Messages 19: Language and Vocabulary 20: Style and Manner 21: Receiving the Message 22: Written Communication 23: The Electronic Message 24: Creative Messages
PART 4 PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION 25: Professional Communication 26: Therapeutic Engagement 27: Care at a Distance

About the Author

Susan Shaw, BN, MEd Admin (Hons), EdD, Dip Tchg (Primary), NZRGON. Susan has worked at AUT since 1992 and is currently Associate Dean and a director of the National Centre for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice (NCIPECP) within the Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences. Ailsa Haxell, BA, MHSc (Hons), PGCertEd (Management), Dip Nursing. Ailsa is currently completing a PhD on change and the use of emergent technologies through Deakin University in Melbourne. Ailsa is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences at AUT. Terry Weblemoe, BA, MA, RN. Terry has had a lifelong interest in indigenous cultures and health, and has worked as a registered nurse in New York, Florida, and New Zealand. She has worked in various nursing and education roles and has been involved in several research projects with M?ori.