Workshops

We are pleased to offer workshops to help all people gain lifetime skills in communication and non-violent interaction. The workshop we offer most often is our Communication Skills Workshop. Over the years, we have also offered workshops in Listening, Family Meetings, Prejudice Reduction and Anger Outlets for Children and Parents.

Workshops Offered

Communication Skills Workshop

This workshop introduces the basic skills needed for respectful communication in both calm and highly charged situations and illustrates how to use them in conflict resolution. These skills — which increase the respect level in communication, open blocked communication, and accommodate high emotions — are deceptively simple but require practice. They are subtly different from ordinary communication.
This workshop includes sessions on “I-Messages”, “Active Listening”, facilitation and conflict resolution. The workshop is experiential and includes time to practice the skills.

Our Communication Skills Workshop is offered to the wider community. If you are interested in taking the Communication Skills Workshop, please fill out the form on this page. We keep a waiting list for the times we offer the workshop. The course fee is $500.

Peaceful Parenting Program

Offered to families who are enrolled at Play Mountain Place and provides a full spectrum of workshops, meetings, audio recordings, films, books, and articles to assist families in learning healthy, non-authoritarian ways of interacting. It also includes on-going communication and support, and frequent parent conferencing with skilled staff.

The Humanistic Education Program

The Humanistic Education Program provides training for professionals in teaching, counseling, psychology, and organizational development. Interns in this program are placed in the school’s daily program for a practicum. Supervision meetings, weekly seminars, readings, conferences, and writings supplement the practicum. The program is suited for independent learning or college credit.

Anti-Bias Leadership Program

Our anti-bias leadership program encourages participants to question and challenge stereotypes, prejudices, and biased behavior. It is offered to parents and teachers at Play Mountain Place through workshops, discussions, and observation of the program at work in the school.

If you are interested in becoming a part of these program or in any of the other workshops we offer, please let us know by filling out the form on this page. If you are interested in becoming a parent at our school, please start the application process here.  If you are interested in becoming a part of the staff, please see our Internship and Employment sections.