Parent-Child Communication Basics: An Education Program to Enhance Parent-Child Communication

1. Introduction and Review of Agenda, Goal, and Ground Rules
2. Getting Acquainted Communication Exercise
3. What Makes a Family Healthy, Strong, and Successful?
4. Why Is Effective Communication Important?
5. Developmental Tasks of Children and Adolescents
6. Road Blocks and Building Blocks to Effective Communication Exercise
7. Steps of Active Listening
8. Reflecting about Communication With My Children
9. Closing.