Supportive Relationship Communication Skills Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply active listening techniques to understand others' perspectives and respond appropriately.
• Demonstrate empathy and assertiveness in verbal and non-verbal communication.
• Analyze interpersonal communication barriers and implement strategies to overcome them.
• Use constructive feedback methods to support and motivate colleagues.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of one's own communication style in maintaining supportive relationships.

Target Audience

This course is ideal for supervisors, team leaders, and any professionals who need to build effective working relationships through clear and supportive communication.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment. No prior qualifications required.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

The practicals provide supervised opportunities to practice supportive communication skills in realistic scenarios. Learners engage in role-plays, feedback exercises, and group discussions to build confidence and competence.

Practical Activities

• Active Listening and Empathy Role-Play — Learners pair up to practice active listening and empathetic responses in simulated workplace conversations. (3h)
• Assertive Communication and Feedback Practice — Learners practice assertive communication and delivering constructive feedback using the SBI model in small groups. (3h)
• Conflict Resolution Simulation — In groups, learners engage in a simulated conflict scenario and apply conflict resolution strategies to reach a mutually acceptable solution. (3h)
• Difficult Conversations Role-Play and Action Planning — Learners role-play a difficult conversation (e.g., delivering bad news) and then create a personal action plan for improving supportive communication. (2h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.