Do you have family councils? What has been your experience? Did they go smoothly or not? 

Effective family councils develop each family member’s communication skills and leadership qualities. They help each person feel like an important, contributing member of the family team. Family councils enrich family relationships and help you make decisions and resolve conflicts in ways that meet everyone’s needs. 

This workshop offers a variety of formats from which to choose, tools to model and use, roles to involve every family member, and tips for preventing common pitfalls and conducting councils that are a sweet experience for all.

Foster-Adoptive Parents: Family councils are especially helpful when bringing new foster children into your family. Many foster children come from homes where there was poor communication, they had no voice and were rejected, which damages their self-esteem. The positive tone of family councils can give them the encouragement and life skills they might not have learned. The family council experience can make a great impression on a foster child’s life.

As an extra bonus, this package also includes a class video on Using the Universal Blueprint in Adult Relationships.