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The Power of Positive Communication is a 6 hour training or can be broken down into three 2 hour classes:

• Session 1:  First Steps to Positive Communication
  What is a "Do Message"?
  How to Give a Clear Message.
  Why "Do Messages" Work.
   
• Session 2:  Strengthen Your Communication
  Nonverbal Communication Counts
  Check for Understanding
   
• Session 3:  The Impact of Language on Classrooms
  Exploring the "Feeling Tone".
  Negative + Negative = Negative
  Tools for Classroom Management

There's no doubt we need teachers, classroom assistants and child care providers to use positive communication all day, every day. But so many adults lack specific training in how to talk to children in ways that support, encourage, motivate and teach. So how can you get this across?

The Power of Positive Communication Training Sessions demonstrate how to give positive messages, make sure children understand and provide extra support when they don't. Learners practice giving positive messages, reflect on their own experiences, do interactive exercises and develop action plans for taking new skills and strategies into their classrooms and child care settings.

The Power of Positive Communication is training to support children from 3 to 8 years

• With diverse learning styles
• English language learners
• Children with special needs

Positive communication helps:

• Transmit and reinforce expectations
• Support language and literacy development
• Model and teach social-emotional skills
• Reduce guidance and discipline problems
• Meet key learning goals, standards and benchmarks

And how positive communication helps all children, including English language learners and children with special needs:

• Build a sense of trust and safety
• Follow directions and manage routines
• Understand new language and concepts
• Experience less confusion and frustration
• Learn to cooperate and get along with others

Users will learn:

• Why positive communication counts
• How to give positive messages
• Getting children's attention
• Being clear and specific
• Taking time to slow down and repeat
• The value of consistency and repetition
• How nonverbal strategies clarify and teach
• Tone of voice, pacing
• Gestures, modeling, visuals, auditory cues
• Checking for understanding
• The impact of negative language
• Messages that confuse and discourage
• Positive language and classroom management
• Getting the classroom "feeling tone" you want

Learning Objectives:
After completing The Power of Positive Communication, learners will be able to:

• recognize that the language we use to give directions, instructions and guidance
  strongly influence children’s behavior, ability to learn, motivation and sense of trust
  and safety;
• recognize that positive language is a critical part of successful classroom
  management, offering children support and encouragement as they learn to meet
  expectations;
• define the term “do message,” and understand that such statements are a core part
  of positive communication;
• use clear, concise “do messages” to give information in a positive manner;
• understand the need to pause, repeat instructions and allow time for children to
  process language;
• understand that using nonverbal communication assists all children, including those
  with different learning styles, English language learners and children with special
  needs, to make sense of language;
• identify and use a number of nonverbal strategies to support verbal communication,
  including gestures, facial expressions, modeling and visuals;
• recognize that, to communicate successfully, it is necessary to continually check for
  understanding to make sure children are understanding our words;
• identify three ways to check for understanding: observe children’s faces and body
  language, listen to children’s words and notice how children follow directions;
• recognize that talking with families and learning more about their children helps us
  know how to communicate most effectively with them;
• decide when using negative language (No! Stop! Don’t!) is and is not appropriate;
• understand that negative language is often overused and tends to confuse and
  discourage children, to focus on mistakes and to increase teacher frustration;
• understand that the way language is used in the classroom affects the “feeling tone”
  and has an impact on both children and teachers.
  
  
  If you would like more information about the Power of Positive Communication, would like to set up a training, or for help in finding educational opportunities in your area... Contact me.