Essential Communication Skills for Parents

CEUs: 0.35

Related Topics (Parenting Series):

• Effective Discipline Strategies

• Demystifying Adolescence

Length: One 4-hour session

Instructor: Cornelius

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this program, you will be able to:

• Talk so kids will listen.

• Listen so kids will talk.

• Build life-long effective communication with your child.

Course Outline:

I.     Introductions and group needs assessment

II.    Orientation to effective parenting

        A.   Contemporary parenting issues

        B.   Essential ingredients for growing healthy children

        C.   Resources and emergency actions

III.  Effective communication:  A parent’s most critical parenting tool

        A.   Basic communication between parent and child

        B.   Active listening

        C.   Ownership of the problem

        D.   “I” messages vs. “you” messages

        E.   Problem solving

        F.   Conflict resolution

IV.  Practice, practice, practice

V.   Support systems and stress management