The Digital Divide
In todays ever changing technology driven culture, the use of face-to-face communication skills is becoming a thing of the past. Join Lynda Antonetti, a Communication Skills Specialist and Certified Speech Pathologist of 20+ years, as she shares how to use interpersonal communication skills to positively impact personal and professional relationships to help you succeed. Whether you want to bolster your communication skills to increase job opportunities, work productivity, professionalism, employment sustainability, leadership skills or work place relationships this is the podcast for you.
Episodes
47 episodes
High School Teacher Techniques You May Want to Think Twice About
There are fabulous teachers educating our children but there may be some techniques that you may want to question. For example, are high school teacher's relying too much on parents to make sure the work gets done? Is it really helping the chil...
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15:39
What Skills Should Our Schools be Teaching?
Should our schools be implementing communication skills training? I took a survey to get an idea of which communication skills parents thought should be taught in school because an important skill that is missing and should be inclu...
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14:26
Young Adults Communication Do's and Don'ts for Work Readiness
Are young adults ready to use their communications skills in the work environment? Do they know the Communication Do's and Don'ts to get hired or to maintain employment? Before entering the workforce, you need to be aware of what is expected of...
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Life Readiness: 3 Special Guests Discuss How Communication is an Important Life Skill
In this fun episode I am lucky to have 3 special guests who are all educators for different grade levels. Alison, Jen, & Nancy discuss with me the importance of communication for life readiness. How are the communication skills ...
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Keep Your Teen Talking: How to Help Your Teen Communicate
It is during their school years that your child learns the basic skills needed to communicate with others. When they graduate they need to be able to implement the communication skills they've learned in order to progress . The ...
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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of Technology
Do you know if your child's use of technology is helping or hurting your child's communication development? Today's episode discusses the positives and negatives of technology use. While technology is necessary in today's society, i...
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An Inside Look: My Interview with the Early Educator
Get an inside look at an Early Educators expectations and perspective on communication development. In this fun interview with my dear friend Jen; an early education teacher with over 20 years experience, you will learn what your child is expec...
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Disfluencies, Typical or Not: What's Happening By age 5
What should your child be doing by the time they are 5? Their understanding of the world is much more consistent along with their ability to express themselves more clearly. You may notice some dysfluent moments when they speak but ...
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Let Your Child Take the Lead: What's happening by age 4
Do you know what your child should be able to understand and say by age 4? Do you know what you can expect from them socially and how to help them grow their overall communications skills? At this age, you may want to think about letting ...
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Little Pitchers Have Big Ears
What should your 3 year-old be doing? At this age they are understanding more and you need to start to be careful about what you say around them because they are repeating things like crazy!! Your ability to understand them when they spea...
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Becoming Understood and More Independent: 24-30 months
Should you understand everything your child says between the age of 24-30 months? While your child's understanding is expanding day by day, his/her ability to express his/her self has not quite caught up. Speech sounds are developin...
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Understanding The World Around Them
Did you know that by age 2 your child will understand anywhere from 150-300 words? Between the age of 18-24 months your child is like a sponge and learning new things each day. They will become more independent and start using...
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Toys That Teach
Do you know what toys are best to help your children develop their communication skills?While the holidays are upon us and your children will be inundated with toys, not all toys are equal in how they can help your child grow. It may ...
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Growing by Leaps and Bounds
Have you noticed how different your baby is at 1.5 compared to how he/she was as an infant? They are growing in their development by leaps and bounds. At this age they are not only absorbing all the information around them but they ...
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Conversations Without Saying A Word
Did you know your baby is learning conversation skills as an infant? From 6-12 months your babies communication is becoming more consistent. His/her understanding of the world is expanding and helping them develop intentional communicatio...
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Episode 3
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14:53
Communicating From Birth
Did you know your child is communicating from the time he/she is born? Communication is a 2 way street even before your baby speaks. This episode reviews the developmental communication milestones that occur between 0-6months. ...
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Episode 2
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Influencers in Communication
Calling all parents, child care providers, preschool teachers, or anyone who influences a child's development!!! This season I am embarking on the importance of developing communication skills early in children. What areas of Speech, Lang...
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Episode 11
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Countdown to the TOP 10 Episodes: #1Difficulties Communicating Through Social Media and During Face-to-Face Interactions
Join Lynda on the Digital Divide as she discusses a few difficulties encountered by so many when communicating primarily through social media and during face-to-face encounters. Lynda reviews the problems she has observed and experienced ...
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Countdown of the Top 10 Episodes: # 2 Nonverbal Communication, Your Appearance
How and Why is your appearance so important What do you want people to think when they first meet you. How do you want to be perceived? How do you perceive yourself?Your appearance can make the difference.
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Episode 4
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Countdown of the TOP 10 Episodes; #3 Nonverbal Communication: What Is It & Why It's Important
Lynda gives an overview of what nonverbal communication is and lets you know why it's important. She also informs you of how it can positively and negatively impact your interactions with others.
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Countdown of the TOP 10 Episodes: #4 Your Tone of Voice
What is your tone of voice saying to those you are speaking to. Whether you know it or not your tone of voice holds much more meaning to your message than the words you are saying. Your tone can dictate the direction of a conversati...
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Episode 11
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9:44
Countdown of the TOP 10 Episodes: #5 How Do You Know If You're A Good Communicator
How do you know if you're a good communicator? Being aware of where you may fall short on your communication skills is the first step in knowing how to improve. In this episode I ask you pointed questions to help you take self inventory.&...
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Episode 13
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9:35
Countdown of the TOP 10 Episodes: #6 Your Body Language
Do you know all the aspects of how to utilize you body language in different situations and scenarios? Body language is more than just gestures and does a lot for your message when interacting in small or large groups. Your body lan...
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Episode 12
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12:26
Countdown of the TOP 10 Episodes: #7 Eye Contact Why It's Important and How It Impacts Our Interactions
Eye contact is such an important part of connecting with people. Having poor eye contact used to be related to having some kind of diagnosis, this is no longer the case. During the Course of my instructional seminars I have learned ...
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Episode 5
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Countdown of the TOP 10 Episodes: # 8 Facial Expressions What Can They Do
Facial Expressions are so important when it comes to communicating during face to face interactions because it demonstrates how the person feels. When we know how a person feels it dictate how we act or respond. Know the difference ...
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Episode 6
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