Event Type: Discussion
Event Date: February 10-11, 2020
Join the LINCS Community Professional Development and Correctional and Reentry Education Groups for a discussion about strategic communication approaches designed to build rapport and connection with their students while maintaining professional boundaries. Many adult learners live in, or come from, high crisis environments that include poverty, trauma, and disrupted relationships and have developed mal-adaptive ways to communicate with others. This activity will help participants identify the appropriate levels of disclosure with learners, as well as how to utilize specific interventions to teach learners new and healthier ways to communicate.
Guest Tracy Palecek will demonstrate her communication approach through exploration of three levels of disclosure:
- Level 1, discussion of facts and information;
- Level 2, discussion of thoughts and emotions; and
- Level 3, discussing personal thoughts and emotions.