Understand more about adolescents, their fears, thoughts and needs. Improve your skills and ideas for making contact and communicating with adolescents. Develop and improve your personal communication through this one day workshop designed to enhance your skills on communicating with Youth.

What the workshop will cover

• Issues for adolescents today – values, concerns, and developmental issues
• The emotional effects on young people of earlier experiences eg family violence, separation and divorce, abuse or neglect
• How such experiences can affect young peoples’ behaviour
• The needs of young people
• What is effective communication
• Specific communication skills
• Talking to adolescents and listening to what they are really saying
• Using a range of communication skills to be flexible when dealing with adolescents
  

Who should register?
This workshop is particularly suitable for:

• Youth Workers
• Truancy Officers
• Social Workers Community Workers
• Health Workers
• Family Support Workers
• Iwi Social Services Providers
• Counsellors
  

This workshop will involve small and large group discussion, lecture and role play. Participants are also encouraged to share their ideas and experiences.

Handouts will be provided and a certificate of attendance will be given to all those completing the workshop.
 

Workshop times: 9.00am – 4.00pm
Lunch is generally 12.30pm – 1.30pm

Fee per person inclusive of GST:
$243.00 for professional development
$143.00 for community based learning
Morning tea and afternoon tea will be provided
Lunch is not provided

Cancellation and Refund Policies
CPS reserves the right to cancel any workshop due to minimum registrations. Refunds will be given to participants of workshops cancelled by CPS.

Registrations cancelled by participants after registration will incur an administration fee of $50.00. No refunds will be applicable on or after workshop start date