Rebecca Rolland, EdD, speech pathologist and author of The Art of Talking with Children, joins the READ Podcast to share her expertise in cultivating high quality conversations with children. Dr. Rolland explains the science and art to high quality conversations, which can be used to build better relationships with our kids.  She identifies skills adults can use to bring mindfulness, curiosity, and playfulness into daily conversation and offers tools and strategies for both the summer and school year. At the end of the conversation, Dr. Rolland and Danielle play a “True and False” game. The READ Podcast invites any family (kids included) to tune in to this episode, as it benefits any adult with a caring relationship with a child.

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