College of the Redwoods offers Parent Effectiveness Training course in Garberville

College of the Redwoods Community Education is offering a Parent Effectiveness Training (P.E.T.) class at the Garberville Instructional Site from September 9 to November 11, 2017 on Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This class offers communication skills that have been proven to work.

When parents have used these skills, they were amazed with the dramatic improvement, both in their families and in all their relationships. This award-winning program was created by psychologist and three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Dr. Thomas Gordon in 1962 and has been continually updated.

Students can learn these communication and conflict resolution skills through Dr. Gordon’s P.E.T. program, taught by a certified P.E.T. Instructor Ganasini Devi. The cost for the class is $350 and scholarships are available by calling Devi at 707-923-3065.  For more information and to pre-register for the class call 707-476-4500.

Students can learn

• How to talk to your children so that they will listen to you.
• How to listen to your children so they feel genuinely understood.
• How to resolve conflicts and problems in your family so that no one loses and problems stay solved.
• A method for troubleshooting family problems and knowing which skills to use to solve them.                  

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