Working and communicating effectively with parents is vital to the development of children and youth. No matter what your training or work, the value of listening well is not to be underestimated. In this interactive workshop we will develop an understanding of our own challenges and strengths as listeners. We’ll come to recognize how our objectives as listeners affect us and explore how relationships, conflict and neutrality shape what we hear and how we respond.

Light breakfast is provided. Lunch is available for purchase.

Newton-Wellesley Hospital

http://www.nwh.org/directions

Newton-Wellesley Hospital is located at 2014 Washington Street, Newton, Massachusetts, near the intersection of Routes 16 & 128 (I-95), one mile south of the Mass. Pike (I-90).

• FROM WEST OF ROUTE 128 (I-95):
  Take Mass. Pike to Route 128 (I-95). Proceed South on 128 (I-95) for less than one mile. Take exit 21/21A to Route 16 East. Proceed on Route 16 East 1/4-mile to the Parking Garage at the second hospital entrance on the right (2000 Washington Street).
• COMING FROM BOSTON:
  Take Mass. Pike to Exit 16 (West Newton). Follow Route 16 West for 1-1/4 miles to Parking Garage Entrance on left (2000 Washington Street).
• FROM NORTH OR SOUTH ROUTE 128 (I-95):
  Take Exit 21/21A to Route 16 East. Proceed on Route 16 East 1/4 mile to the Parking Garage at the second hospital entrance on the right (2000 Washington Street).
• MBTA:
  Take Green Riverside line (D Train), outbound, to Woodland stop. Walk out to Washington Street and turn left. Hospital is two short blocks on the left.