Cultivating Empathy

*This workshop is part of a sequence which should be taken in this order:

1. Foundations & Self-Awareness of Emotional Development - January 15th or February 19th
2. Cultivating Empathy
3. Emotion Coaching - April 16th

You must take Foundations & Self-Awareness of Emotional Development first.

We strongly encourage registering for and taking all three workshops in a single season, because they build off one another.

Training Description

This training is a newer APOST offering, as it's part of the Social & Emotional Learning Youth Work Methods Workshops, a recently development series, from The Forum for Youth Investment | The Weikart Center for Program Quality.

By incorporating and modeling empathy, youth workers can add value to their programs and promote positive skill building for young people. In this session, participants will practice strategies for supporting empathy building, including active listening skills that model empathy and encourage young people to express their emotions in a healthy way. Participants will also explore best practices for supporting empathy building in programming and plan next steps for incorporating these concepts into their work with young people. This workshop requires you take FASA of Emotional Development first.

Workshop Facilitator
Diane Ford, Melting Pot Ministries

Registration Details

Registration is open for this event until it fills up or until two days before the workshop.

In the event of low registration, Weikart Workshops may be cancelled. Advance notice will be provided.

This workshop is limited to 20 participants. We will have a waiting list that we'll use to both fill spots that open up and also help plan our future workshop topic schedule.

Each participant will be provided with a workbook to use during the training and keep and receive a certificate of completion via email afterwards.

Location & Accessibility

This workshop will take place at CoLab18, which is on the main level inside Nova Place at 100 South Commons, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 (on the Northside).

There is an entrance to the Nova Place Concourse at the corner of South Commons and Federal Street, across from the Post Office. There is an accessible ramp at this entrance.

If you come by car and park in the garage, there are elevators in the garage.

More details about navigating this location and transportation are in the FAQ below.