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Powerful Interactive Training: Build Essential Skills
The Power of Positive Communication is a unique learning tool--a complete training on CD-ROM, reinforced by dozens of video examples. It is designed as a self-paced learning experience for individuals, and as a training resource to be used in classes and workshops.

This powerful training shows how critical using positive communication is to help children understand what we expect, to help them follow directions and to support language development for all children, including young dual-language learners. Using positive communication also helps reduce discipline problems and contributes to the quality of the environment.

Virtual Lab Builds Skills
In a rich learn-and-practice format, The Power of Positive Communication CD includes video-based activities and exercies--opportunities for reflection, practicing skills and creating action plans. The training grounds understanding, builds confidence and helps learners prepare to use new skills and strategies with children.

New Research Study Shows Training's Effectiveness
A new research study (PDF) on The Power of Positive Communication shows that it was effective in shifting attitudes and teaching core skills to staff with varying levels of education and experience in child care, pre-K, Head Start, and K-2 classrooms.

Synopsis of The Power of Positive Communication
The Power of Positive Communication teaches how clear, positive communication supports children in understanding and meeting expectations. The CD also shows how positive communication helps create a "feeling tone" in the classroom, where both children and teachers have a greater sense of accomplishment and success. Through classroom videos, interviews with teachers and interactive tasks, the CD guides learners in gaining skills to deliver positive messages and to understand why they are so much more effective than negative language.

Highlights of this training include the importance of using nonverbal cues and signals. Learners see how nonverbal cues help children with different learning styles, dual-language learners and children with special needs understand what to do and how to do it. The connection between effective classroom management and the use of positive communication is also demonstrated. Learners see how this skill is central to supportive guidance strategies that focus on increasing appropriate behaviors.

Overview of Training Content
Each of the three training sessions on the InspireWorks! CD-ROM includes a variety of interactive learning experiences where learners journal their reflections, do exercises and practice communication skills in a variety of ways, including responding to real life video interactions with the language they might use in the different situations.

	Training Session 1: First Steps to Positive Communication Defines positive communication: statements that use positive action words to teach and encourage appropriate behavior Teaches the importance of using very specific language so children understand what is expected and what to do Takes learners step-by-step in giving "do messages" that are clear and concise Demonstrates how positive communication supports both teachers' goals and children's needs
	Training Session 2: Strengthen Your Communication Learners experience and discover how critical nonverbal cues and signals are key to getting their message across Shows how nonberbal communication supports children with diverse learning styles, with special needs and dual-language learners Teaches how to use visuals, gestures and modeling to enhance language understanding and learning Models and teaches to continually check to see that children are understanding
	Training Session 3: The Impact of Teachers' Language Shows how positive communication affects the "feeling tone" of the environment and influences motivation and behavior Demonstrates how using negative language (No, Stop, Don't) affects children Shows that negative statements discourage, confuse, emphasize mistakes and increase teachers' frustration Teaches how positive communication supports classroom management efforts and reduces discipline problems