Healthy parent-child relationships rely heavily on effective and respectful communication skills. The competent use of language can increase children’s self-esteem, motivate them to learn, engage their willing cooperation, defuse power struggles, and teach conflict resolution skills. Speech-language pathologists are often in a position where they are asked to counsel parents on how best to use language to help them guide their children who have communication skills deficits. This course aims to provide tools for the clinician's toolbox of parenting techniques and skills to enhance the parent-child relationship and optimize therapy.
