How to Listen so Children Will Talk

Learn the listening skills & tools you need to strengthen your relationship with your child

Anytime (€99)

(In Association with Education Elephant)

Primarily drawing on techniques from Positive Behaviour support and Motivational Interviewing, this

course will give you the skills to help deepen conversations with young people. You’ll learn how to

engage with a young person to help them feel comfortable talking. We’ll explore skills such

using affirmations and reflections to encourage the young person to bring their thoughts to the

surface and express them. We will also look at how we can respond and summarise their words in a

way that will help the child to feel truly listened to.

What you'll learn

• Understand how to strengthen relationships with children through conversation

• How to develop a child’s self-esteem and self worth through active listening

• Avoid the pitfalls of poor listening

• Gain an understanding of motivational interviewing

• How to establish rapport and trust with a child or young person

• How questioning styles affect conversation flow

• How to avoid and overcome resistance

• Learn how to respond to build and strengthen a young person's self esteem

• How to use reflective statements to enhance the quality of conversations

• Summarise conversations so they lead to constructive action

• Develop a listening skills tool-box