Children are frequent clients of various services and the way to them, to their stories or their torments is not always easy. A playful and creative approach is a way to start a partner-like and safe relationship. At the workshop we will demonstrate how to involve the child in a dialogue and make them interested, and how to make a conversation which is not an interrogation for the child but an opportunity to speak about challenging things. We will share experience, tools and guidelines which help us in leading professional dialogues with children: establishing a relationship (worker – child client), mapping out different areas of their lives (school, relationships, self-image, emotions and wishes), passing on information and creating an environment/mode of dialogue which the child supports, and not blocks. During the workshop we will also introduce Focus Box – a methodology and set of tools for communication with children, which we created for establishing a relationship with the child, mapping out important areas in the child’s life, finding out their wishes and detecting their mood.
