Research Report: Effective Communication Skills with Young People

This report explores the use of effective communication skills when working with young people (ages 18-35). It identifies barriers to communication, such as differing perceptions and emotional factors, and emphasizes the importance of adapting communication styles to address the short attention spans and maturity levels of young people. The report highlights essential communication skills, including maintaining a soft tone, building trust through friendly and open communication, and respecting their perspectives. It also discusses the fundamental processes and practices for effective interpersonal communication, such as positive body language and leveraging digital media. The report recommends active listening, empathizing with the child’s point of view, providing clear feedback, and involving young people in decision-making. Resources like social media and digital networks are suggested for fostering communication. The report concludes that mastering these skills is crucial for bridging the generation gap and fostering meaningful engagement with young people.

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Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................2
Effective communication...................................................................................................................2
Barriers in working with the young people........................................................................................2
Communication skills required for effectively working with young people......................................3
Fundamental processes and practices of effective interpersonal communication...............................3
Recommended resources and networking applicable.........................................................................3
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................4
References.............................................................................................................................................5

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Introduction
This report covers the use of effective communication skills with young age group.
The young age group involves the people between age of 18 to 35 years. It is true that
difficult is faced while communicating with people of different age group. Thus this report
helped to know the barriers faced and way to overcome the barriers to have effective
communication is listed.
Effective communication
Effective communication skills is necessary for every age group as it is needed to
share the thoughts, ideas and create a strong understanding between two parties. The effective
communication is important as it make sure that it will contribute in sustainable success in
every field. While communicating with the young people it is important to have a healthy
conversation (Buckingham, 2015). It is important to have an effective communication with
the young people as they are in the stage of development. Thus they generally learn from the
things they listen and watch. If effective communication is carried with the young generation,
it will help them in developing the skill quickly. Communicating effectively with the young
people is desirable as it provide additional responsibility.
Barriers in working with the young people
There are various barriers that are faced while communicating with the young people
as they have different perception and view point. Apart from that there exist various
emotional barriers that cause difficulty in understanding their thoughts. The young people
need to be managed with effective communication skills as they have short tempted and are
not mature to deal with the situation. There are barriers due to attitude behaviours results in
conflicts due to diffident perceptions (Wordpress, 2016). Thus effective communication is
necessary to remove the barriers and they ensure that the thoughts and ideas could easily be
expressed between them. Some of the barriers that exist while communicating with the young
people are interruptions and distractions that results in poor interest regarding the discussion.
It is important to have effective communication with the young people as they have the habit
of jumping towards the conclusion directly. It is stated that to have an effective
communication various activities need to be designed to keep young generation engaged
while making decisions. Effective communication helps in understanding the skills that are
required to communicate with child and understand their feeling.

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Communication skills required for effectively working with young people
While communicating with the young generation people it is important that tone is
kept soft to make a stable conversation. It is not necessary that all the concerns and queries
need to be discussed with them as they do n pay attention to all the facts. Thus it is important
that while communicating with them a comfortable should be made so that they can also
express their felling flexible (Wong, et. al, 2015). The communication should be friendly so
that trust could be built. The young people should not be treated as young or stupid and no
fun should be made of them. The communication should not be in a forceful manner apart
from that it should be an open communication. The openness in the communication helps
young people express their perception and thoughts (Skillsyouneed, 2016). But the
boundaries should be maintained so that the communication does not become offensive.
Fundamental processes and practices of effective interpersonal
communication
Effective practices and processes are necessary to have an interpersonal
communication with young people. They express the ideas and desires by expressing their
feelings. As they learn a lot of things from people around them. They are also made aware
about the contributions and the way communication exists. The voice tone, facial expressions
and body language need to be kept positive when communicating with young generation. So,
that it lasts into effective communication (Wiener, Weaver, Bell & Sansom-Daly, 2015).
Apart from that they should get fairness in their workplace and in any situation they take part.
Effective communication helps in bridging the generation gap. It is easy to communicate with
young generation using digital media. Young people are called as digital natives as they are
available on social networks all the time so that it can be used as a highly interactive platform
(Hynes, et. al, 2016). Apart from that while communicating with the young people sensitive
topics should be discussed.
Recommended resources and networking applicable
While communicating with the young people it is recommended that language and
characters need to be used properly. It is recommended that active listening should be
adopted while having a conversation with young people. The conversation should be
empathising with regards to child’s point of view (Sheehan, While & Coyne, 2015). The
communication should be in such a way that trust is built among the relationship. The
effective communication exists when there is a two way communication that is done by

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giving a clear feedback regarding all the conversation. Apart from that various opportunities
are created for communication such as discussion, toolbox talks and other tools to have
effective communication. It is recommended that to have effective communication with
young people it should be in a clear and précised way to avoid the chances of conflicts. To
develop an effective communication it is recommended that even they are involved in
decision making power (Haynes & Tanner, 2015). The network that will be fruitful while
communicating with them is social media and digital network.
Conclusion
From this report it can be concluded that skills are required to have effective
communication with every age group. In this report the limelight is thrown upon the young
generation and the problems that are faced while communicating with them. This report
covers the barriers that are faced while communicating with young people and the skills that
are required to peruse effective communication with them. Additionally various practices and
process that are required to have effective communication is discussed.

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