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<p style="font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</p>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">September 18, 2023</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 100%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Heather Harlan
<br />Health Educator
<br />Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services
<br />573.817.6404
<br />Heather.Harlan@CoMo.gov</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Health Department program for improving communication in families is open for registration</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services will be holding a free, online training for the "School of Hard Talks" program. <br /><br />"School of Hard Talks" is a four part, evidence-based program to improve communication skills for families, including parents of teens and adults who live with mental health and/or substance use conditions.<br /><br />The program uses adaptations of Motivational Interviewing, a communication style that health professionals use to encourage lifestyle changes. Effective skill building will include approaching a topic with curiosity, asking good questions, listening carefully, repeating back what you heard, and offering suggestions effectively.<br /><br />The program will be held online via Zoom Tuesday evenings from 6 to 8 p.m.: Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24. <br /><br />Registration is available to all adult residents of Boone County, b
ut there are limited openings.<br /><br />To register please contact Heather.Harlan@CoMo.gov or Monica.Stokes@CoMo.gov.</div>
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