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Communication is making clear and compelling oral presentations, sharing ideas, clarifying information as needed, and adapting communication styles to meet audience needs.

 

Communication is important for interacting with others and conveying one’s thoughts and feelings, but communication skills are also important for career preparedness. Young people with strong communication skills will share ideas or information with others effectively, ask and answer questions, listen actively, and be able to summarize key points.

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Learn how exemplar programs in Boston are intentionally cultivating communication.

Tierney Boys & Girls Club After School Program
Elementary
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Mass Audubon's Boston Nature Center
Middle School
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Camp Harbor View - Leaders in Training
High School
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Explore strategies for tailoring programming to support the development of communication skills in youth.

Communication Rubric
The PEAR Institute
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Skill-Building Strategies
The PEAR Institute
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Quality Program Practices by Skill Outcome: Communication
National Institute on Out-of-School Time
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Teaching Your Students How to Have a Conversation
Edutopia
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Communication
Mastering Soft Skills for Workplace Success
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Badging Practice Brief
Recommendations from Boston Beyond's 2015-16 Badging Pilot Program
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Access seminal research findings on the importance of communication for future success. The “Resources by Skill” document summarizes this research, and some key studies and resources are included below.

Resources by Skill: Connect
Compiled by Boston After School & Beyond
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Critical Skills Survey
American Management Association (2012)
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Making Every Day Count: Boys & Girls Clubs' Role in Promoting Positive Outcomes for Teens
Arbreton et al. (2009)
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Prosocial Foundations of Children's Academic Achievement
Caprara et al. (2000)
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Specific Features of After-School Program Quality: Associations with Children's Functioning in Middle School
Pierce et al. (2010)
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