Upcoming Positive + Effective Communication Skills

August 7 – 14, 2025 (Thursdays); 6:30pm – 8:30pm MST

In this 2-class series, PARENTS and CAREGIVERS learn and practice effective communication skills promoting healthy parent-child relationships to:

• Help young children learn to recognize and communicate their needs, feel heard and listened to – and encourage this role modelling in the parent.
• Teach and help young children recognize, name and share their feelings by using active listening skills. Understand how active listening supports problem-solving.
• Use I-MESSAGES to communicate how a child’s behaviours impact us in both positive and challenging ways, INSTEAD of YOU-MESSAGES that are roadblocks to communication.

Active Listening, Roadblocks to Communication, and Positive-Preventative-Declarative I-Messages are effective communication skills discussed during this workshop.

Educator-Facilitator: Susanne Harach-Vatne is a certified instructor with the Thomas Gordon Training Institute: “Parent Effectiveness Training – The Proven Program for Raising Responsible Children.” The P.E.T. Chapter Book and many free P.E.T. resources will be references supporting this introduction to using this parenting program.

Facilitated by ZERO to THREE Growing Brain and Critical Competencies Certified Trainer, Susanne Harach-Vatne

This class will be presented online, via ZOOM and can be accessed by smartphone, tablet, computer or other smart device.

Please complete registration for an Adult Participant for each attendee.

Registration will close on July 31, 2025, unless otherwise noted.