Active Listening Skills: Effective skills in working with people using FDV

A self-paced online course for practitioners working with men who use family and domestic violence.

Active listening with men who use violence is a disciplined practice. It is not soft, neutral or permissive. This course shows you how to listen in a way that builds engagement while keeping safety, accountability and the experiences of victim survivors and children in view.

You will learn to:

• use the core tasks of active listening, including presence, managing silence and open questions
• adapt SOLER and other non-verbal skills so they are safety-led
• paraphrase, clarify, reflect back and summarise in ways that move from vague language to behaviour, choice and impact
• notice bias and invitations into collusion, and adapt your listening style

Includes a practice scenario, a knowledge check, two downloadable companion resources and Pandora practice graphics. Allow about 90 minutes.

Enquiries: training@pandoraprojects.com.au