ACTIVITY
|  30 minutes |
 | Should I do the activity alone? | You may like to share it with your partner, if you are a two-parent family. You can also reflect on it with your child, changing roles and acting out communication situations. |
 | After completing the activity… | I should be able to: - Identify specific topics I discuss with my child's teacher(s) or professional(s) working with him/her.
- Recognize the communication style I usually show when talking about that specific topics with my child's teacher(s) or professional(s) working with him/her.
- Identify some indicators of my verbal (words) and body language associated with that communication style, as well as some of my feelings.
- Think about some positive changes I might introduce in my communication style with the teacher(s) or professional(s) working with him/her.
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 | Before I start, what will I need to do this activity? | Sheets of paper and pencils. You might like to add some images or emoticons. |
 What do I have to do?
Taking into account the characteristics of the communication styles described in activity 1: - Think about a specific topic you discussed with your child’s teacher or professional(s) working with him/her. If your child has more than one teacher/carer, think of one of them.
- Try to recognize the communication style you and the teacher/carer used to communicate with each other when talking about that specific topic.
- Try to draw a picture of your face and body and the one of the teacher/carer while communicating with each other on that particular topic. You may also like including some emoticons!
- Finally, write down how you felt when communicating with your child´s teacher/carer about that topic.
- If it is the case, suggest any positive changes you may like to introduce in your communication style to improve even more your relationship with the teacher/carer.
In the link you will find an example of a writing template. |
 | What to do next? | We will help each other if we share some key ideas to the forum. Any insight you learned from? Was it helpful?
- Are you feeling specially happy or worried about something related?
- Will you apply it in your daily routine?
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