communication content for the workshop

1.Welcome and thank everyone for coming.
Hi, everyone. and welcome.
It is great to see everyone here today.

My name is Marie Zajac. I am a certified life coach.
I enjoy bringing out the very best in parents and children.
My background includes 25 years in the behavioral psychology health field
I have 7 years as an instructor at Judevine for the Autistic individual
6 years as a mental health technician at a hospital for children.
I specialize in positive reinforcement.

2. The topic for today's class is communication. We communicate on a regular basis.
Children are concrete thinkers. If you say to a child no. The child will automatically think that the event will not happen at all.
Saying yes as a qualifier. An example of this would be asying to a child yes you can do a task with a time, place and when is specified. Children do not like to hear the word no. Just the word no can upset a child ver much. A child however may be able to develop a sense of waiting until the actual event happens with anticipation. A temper tantrum may occur when the child hears the word no. When the child thinks that the event will happen but just not right now the child will be able to handle the situation much better.

Closed ended statements work well with children. For ex. At 8:30 it istime for bed. Instead of asking the child a question? Are you ready for bed it is 8:30 bed time. When a question is asked to a child about completing an expectation; the child then thinks that they have a choice in the matter. Closed ended statements are better.