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If you’ve wanted to teach listening, confronting and problem solving skills this is the tool for you. It’s a noncompetitive game that gets everyone involved in practicing reflective listening, I-messages and negotiation skills. Game cards offer realistic situations for practicing newfound skills. A booklet is enclosed which offers suggestions on how to use the game with groups and young pre-reading children. It’s a fun way to learn!

Six communication skills give players new ways of listening, communicating and affirming others. They are: reflective listening, ownership of the problem; “I” Statements, Problem Solving, Stroking, and Changing the Environment.

After introducing the skills, players draw situation cards and response cards and discuss the appropriateness of the response. Players may also use the response cards for discussion or for training. The game works for all ages (with alternate directions for young children and for group play and classroom use).