A selection of the best training to increase your communication skills.
These are what allow us to relate to the world around us in a non-aggressive and constructive way, like it or not, the human being is a social animal and as such needs to feel accepted by his environment in order to remain in it.
It is for this reason that in this article we are going to review some of the best courses focused on social skills that we can find in Spain .
Centers that offer courses to improve social skills
Next, we will review the best courses focused on learning to listen, start a conversation, enhance assertiveness or know how to communicate with others in order to ask for help.
We will also see the center where these trainings are carried out and the teachers who teach them.
1. Life Skills Course ( rizaldos.com )
On the website of psychologist Miguel Ángel Rizaldos , a psychotherapy professional with 25 years of experience serving patients, one of the most interesting social and communication skills courses is available: the Life Skills Course.
It is an online program created by Miguel Ángel Rizaldos , which has support by video call and chat, and which focuses on fundamental aspects of life. such as the ability to face job interviews or the adoption of habits that reinforce your self-esteem.
- The duration of the course is a maximum of one month, and at the beginning each student receives material in pdf with which to work on aspects of their life such as persuasion, the ability to face challenges, the promotion of healthy self-esteem, and much more. .
2. Social skills in children and adolescents (Comillas Pontifical University)
From the hand of the prestigious institution of the University of Comillas we can find another of the best courses focused on enhancing emotional intelligence in children and adolescents.
It is always important to acquire this knowledge as soon as possible in order to integrate well into society and this is no different with children. Our job as parents is to make sure that our children can quickly connect with their surroundings and in this way prevent them from being marginalized and isolated at later ages.
This dynamic workshop offers activities aimed at emotional expression, mutual respect and healthy self-esteem without falling into self-centeredness. It is worth mentioning that this course is divided into two groups, one focused on children from 5 to 8 years old and the other for children from 9 to 12, since clear cognitive and emotional differences can already be seen at these ages.
- If you want more information about this course you can find it on the Comillas Pontifical University website.
3. Social Skills and Assertiveness Course (ADR Training)
This 30-hour online course is another of the most recommended that we can find and is offered by the ADR Training Center .
This course is divided into 10 units where we will learn such important aspects as stress management, managing feelings of guilt and anger, acting from self-confidence and also how to defend our rights without harming those of others. It is interesting to know that this course has two payment methods, one being €95 without a tutor and the other €180 being monitored by a tutor who will ensure that we are acquiring the knowledge in the most appropriate way.
- This course has a duration of 30 hours and is done online through its platform, so if you want more information you can find it on the ADR Training website.
4. Free workshop on social skills and communication (Aula Fácil)
This is one of the free courses that we will see in this article, it is offered by Aula Fácil and it also has a very good online rating.
This course is offered remotely and has an average duration of 20 hours in which topics such as verbal and non-verbal expression, active and reciprocal listening, creativity as a form of expression and the channeling of our emotions, both positive as negative. Another of the most important aspects offered in this course is teamwork since constantly, in our day to day, we are going to depend on someone to feel emotionally stable, either with our partner or in a work environment where we have to teamwork.
- This course is offered by the Aula Fácil website and also has other courses of interest such as self-esteem, communication techniques and an introduction to autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
5. Basic course on social skills and group dynamization (Aprendum)
From the hand of Aprendum we can find another of the most interesting courses focused on promoting the most basic social skills and learning to relate to our environment.
This course is aimed at all people who want to improve social skills and learn to energize a group. That is why this course is divided into 6 topics, these being social skills, the types of social skills, their development, the dynamization of groups, the techniques to relate to other people and the selection of this series of different techniques. . One of the advantages of this course is that you will have a tutor to answer your questions and after finishing it you will have a diploma.
- It is worth mentioning that this course has a price of €29 and if you need more information you can find it on the official aprendum page.
6. Assertiveness and Social Skills Training Course (Aaron Beck Psychology Center)
The Aaron Beck Psychology Center offers a distance learning course that can be taken from anywhere in the world, although the price varies for residents outside of Spain, from €100 to €110.
In this course, emotional skills and soft skills such as verbal and non-verbal communication, empathy, assertiveness will be trained, and you will also learn to accept and reject requests without feeling that you are creating a violent situation. The lack of assertiveness is one of the biggest problems that people usually have and in this course they are aware of it, so through theoretical and experiential practices one will learn to improve in this aspect.
It should also be noted that any type of doubt that we have, the psychologist Erika Marqués Rodríguez will be able to assist us to resolve these.
- If you need more information, you can find the Aaron Beck Psychology Center on Calle Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, in the city of Granada.
To the classic question “what do you do?” I always answer “basically I am a psychologist”. In fact, my academic training has revolved around the psychology of development, education and community, a field of study influenced my volunteer activities, as well as my first work experiences in personal services.
