Compassionate Communication for Parents and Carers

An invitation to a two day training event on Nonviolent Communication open to anyone who lives or works with children. Together we will learn the key components of Nonviolent Communication We will share examples of the kinds of behaviour we find challenging in children. We will seek to understand the causes of this behaviour – to see what children are deeply needing when they behave in these ways. We will look at our own patterned responses to this behaviour and see how separating out 'observations', 'feelings' and 'needs', offers a skillful alternative approach. Responding not from ‘right and wrong’ thinking or rewards and punishment, but from an empathetic place that values connection, leading to a more nourishing engagement with the difficulties we face as parents and carers of children.