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A conversation between a foster parent and their foster child regarding the placement of another foster kid. The conversation becomes difficult as the child feels like they are being replaced. The document analyzes the bioreactions and listening levels of both parties and discusses points of alignment and areas for improvement. insights into effective communication strategies with foster children.
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Task 2 Task 2 Western Governors University Professional Leadership and Communication for Healthcare C The situation that led to the conversation with my son Vinnie is that Cassie and I were taking placement of another foster kid on that day. I realized that the conversation was going to be a difficult one in the sense of disagreement when Vinnie got upset because he felt like he was going to be replaced. The bioreaction that I had during this conversation was to appease. I
Task 2 wanted to appease Vinnie by trying to reason with him. Vinnies bioreaction in this conversation was to fight. He felt the need to fight with me in order to defend his position on being replaced by another foster kid. The conversation ended with Vinnie crying and being very defensive. He was not open to the idea of us taking placement of another kid while he is in the hospital. I was listening at an authenticity level in the conversation meter. I was trying to explain my dedication to Vinnie and to any other kids that may need my help. Vinnie was listening at the pretense level because he just wanted to argue and was not listening at all to anything I had to say during the conversation. I was giving Vinnie open and honest explanations of why we were taking placement of another kid by giving facts and examples of truthful information. I was also demonstratingwas giving appropriate responses to Vinnies concerns and fears. I was not discrediting his fears or statements, I was giving him knowledgeable and honest answers to his questions. Points of alignment in this conversation were when the two of us decided that this conversation was not productive and was only making one another more frustrated with one another. With this we ended the conversation before anyone said something that they would have potentially regretted later. I could have listened differently in the fact that I was a little dismissive of some of Vinnies fears and concerns because I knew that the concerns that he had were not reasonable. I know that in my heart and home there will never be a replacement for Vinnie. I think if I would have used the phrase, I understand your concerns, a little more then the conversation could have had potential to be a little more productive. I could have incorporated the need for Vinnie’s concerns a little more into the conversation by myself not getting defensive and allowing him to freely express his fears. I think accuracy could have been improved on in this conversation as well by not withholding some of the information I knew about the newest kid. Some of the
