Description
Select augmentative or alternative communication methods for patients, such as automated devices and sign language, and instruct patients how to use them. Teach patients with little or no capability for speech how to make sounds, improve their voices, or increase their language skills, enabling them to communicate more effectively.
Alternative labels
train communication methods
educate communication method
teach communication skills
teach augmentative communication methods
teach communication techniques
train communication method
educate communication methods
teach communication technique
teach communication skill
Skill type
skill/competence
Skill reusability level
cross-sector
Relationships with occupations
Essential skill
Teach communication methods is an essential skill of the following occupations:
Speech and language therapist: Speech and language therapists focus on the aetiology, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of communication and swallowing disorders in people of all ages in order to help them maintain, promote, improve, initiate, or recover the ability to communicate both verbally and nonverbally. They address the development of language, speech, vocal and hearing functions, and disorders and disabilities in the cranial, facial, and oral area.
Optional skill
Teach communication methods is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this skill may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.
Call centre quality auditor: Call centre quality auditors listen to calls from the call centre operators, recorded or live, in order to assess compliance with protocols and quality parameters. They grade the employees and provide feedback on the issues that require improvement. They interpret and spread quality parameters received by the management.
References
- Teach communication methods – ESCO
