The Communication Chain

1. Introduction to the Communication Chain

2. Look and attend to non-verbal communication

3. Listen and hear

4. Remembering (short and long term)

5. Understanding - meaning, sentences and words

6. Deciding what to say

7. Choosing the words to say

8. Putting words into a sentence

9. Consider the impact of the message on others

10. Modify the message

11. Select the sounds and articulate sounds

12. Speak fluently

13. Self monitor