communication

... Lizzi Cheslett Developing effective communication in health and social care P2- Describe the stages of the communication cycle The communication cycle has six different stages that help you communicate your ideas words, signing or another effective method. It also takes into consideration how you are putting your idea across e.g. body language. The communication cycle can help you to communicate when there circumstances that it may be hard to put your idea across or it is a sensitive subject. 1. Ideas occur You have an idea that you want to communicate. 2. Message coded You think through how you are going to say what you are thinking. You put your thoughts into language or into some other code such as sign language. 3. Message sent You speak, sign, write or in some other way send your message. 4. Message perceived The other person has to sense your message. They hear your words or see your symbols. 5. Message decoded The other person

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