This instructor-led course covers effective communication and collaboration strategies that can help you work more effectively with your consumer(s).

Available dates

Description

This class will help you understand various strategies for effectively communicating and collaborating with your consumer. We will discuss active listening and how it can improve communication, describe how to paraphrase as a tool for active listening, and learn about the importance of asking open-ended questions.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Explain the importance of active listening, especially as it relates to effective communication in the work environment
  • Recognize that active listening takes conscious effort
  • Describe what body language is and how it impacts communication
  • Define paraphrasing and describe its importance and relevance to active listening
  • Explain the intentions behind and benefits of paraphrasing, and practice doing it
  • Explain the importance and purpose of using open-ended questions that are not "leading" or "loaded"
  • Create open-ended questions to help gather and clarify information from consumers

 

This is course # 2015 in IHSS Career Pathways. It is part of the General Health & Safety Pathway, which is a general pathway. 

Please note: Each class can only be taken once. Registrations for additional sessions of the same course are not eligible for payment of training time or incentives and may be deleted. If you wish to change your registration to a different time or date, please cancel your reservation in the User Portal after registering for the new session. If you need help, please contact CareerPathwaysInfo@HomebridgeCA.org.