1. Communication Styles

2. Includes nonverbal communication behavior such as eye contact, facial expression, personal space and emotion/animation.

3. What communication styles are perceived as appropriate and how one is seen as genuine versus insincere These values/norms are greatly influenced by culture. Misperceptions What communication styles are perceived as appropriate and how one is seen as genuine versus insincere These values/norms are greatly influenced by culture. Misperceptions

4. Some statistics to think about

5. African American preschool children twice as likely to be expelled than Hispanic or White children.

6. In 1998, the U.S. Dept of Ed reported that African American students comprised: 21% of all students in special education courses But only 16.8% of public school population