Staff Courses

Unlock Your Listening Potential

This 3-hour in-person course has been developed by Listen Well Scotland in response to requests from several groups for a ...

Active Empowering Listening

As part of the blended learning approach to our Listening Training Programme, we are introducing this 3-hour virtual...

Let’s Get Listening – Online

This online,CPD accredited, Course introduces you to the skills of active empowering listening. It will also develop you as...

Let’s Get Listening – Day Course

We are pleased to offer the CPD accredited Let’s Get Listening! as an In Person Day Course. The content of the course...

Listen Well – In Person 2-Day Course

This is a 2-day interactive and experiential course in which learning is gained through a range of individual and group...

Advanced Listening

The Advanced Listening course is a 5-day experiential course delivered in-person. Participants are invited to enter into...

Supporting and Resourcing School Staff, Parents and Carers through Listening Training

Listen Well Scotland (LWS) recognises that the mental wellbeing of young people is a particular challenge especially following the recent pandemic. The mental wellbeing of young people also impacts on staff, parents and carers alike. The expectation on school staff to provide appropriate support and care is immense given the waiting times for mental health services.

With more schools adopting a ‘whole school’ approach to wellbeing LWS believes it can resource school staff, parents and carers, through its Listening Training programme to provide support and care as prevention and early intervention.

Importantly our Listening Training highlights that caring for others requires the essential need for self-care first for their own health and wellbeing.

Listen Well Scotland has revised its Listening Training Programme to provide a range of CPD accredited courses suitable to meet the needs of working individuals whose time for training may be limited.

We have also taken the decision to keep the cost of our courses at affordable prices. This is to ensure as many people as possible can access our quality listening training which has a positive impact on the wellbeing of others and themselves. For further information on our courses click the link to: choose the right course for YOU.

Listen Well Scotland

“The gift of effective listening is timeless in a fast-changing world. This has huge appeal.” (Course Participant)

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Let's Get Listening Course

"I think that this course has the power to have significant impact on learners and staff in my school at any time but particularly as we face the challenges of covid-19. The impact that a listening culture could have on the mental health of all within our establishment cannot be underestimated and should be rolled out in all schools across the country!" (Head Teacher)

"This training is very thought provoking and in a work setting – particularly with young children, the need to listen fully and the impact this has on developing relationships should not be underestimated." (Teacher)

"I feel I will be a more valuable peer." (Course Participant)

"It has been very useful in providing a good model for what listening is." (Course Participant)

Course Participant

"I feel that there are invaluable lessons contained within this course that really give the learner the ability to practise listening in a way that is of value." (Course Participant)

Listen Well Award

"We are very aware of the issues around poor mental health for our young people and, often, lack of resources for them to tap in to. Where resources are available there are long waiting lists to be seen. There was something positive about empowering young people with the skills to support each other." (Teacher)

"I found that practising the actual listening and speaking itself was helpful as at the beginning of the course I did not realise how powerful both listening and talking to someone could be. It was only when I actually tried things and practised this that I realised the power this has and how much better it can make you feel." (Pupil)

LWS Course

"Good listening is not about offering advice and solutions. In fact this can be counterproductive. I was impressed by how the complex and elusive issue of effective listening was tackled and made easy to understand." (GP)

"The gift of effective listening is timeless in a fast-changing world. This has huge appeal." (Course Participant)

"I have learnt to accept myself more and with this acceptance I will be a better listener. This is the best course I have ever attended. The content was very relevant." (Course Participant)

"I thought I was a good listener until I came on this course." (Course Participant)

"I found this course to be extraordinary in a very positive way at many levels, even when difficult areas were addressed. This course would be beyond beneficial for anyone involved in health and social care……. and should be part of any employee’s induction in whatever field they are employed!" (Course Participant)

"Everyone could benefit from listening properly to others." (Course Participant)

"An easy to follow course with an excellent range of teaching materials. The handouts are a really good resource and well laid out." (Course Participant)

"Thank you for developing an ONLINE course. Being able to complete this in my own time has been such a gift!" (Course Participant)

"It is an excellent, well-structured foundation course in listening but also encourages reflection on one’s own life and experiences leading to self-development as a person and as a listener." (Course Participant)

LT4U

"I deeply appreciate your compassion and skill as you’ve walked with me and helped me endure the difficult journey to this point. What you do is special, more special than perhaps you know. Thank you." (Recipient of LT4U)