Communication Skills Practice

Communication Skills Practice is an FFT behavior-change practice support tool completed together by practitioner and family members. It helps practitioners record the interaction context, practitioner-authored communication behavior focus, relational-fit notes, observed clarity and less-blaming behavior, and areas improving or still needing support.

Functional Family TherapyPracticeSkill practiceIn-session supportSkills useInterpersonal relationshipsFamilies

Try a sample in-session practice record with fictional, non-identifying content.

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Tool guide

Learn more about this tool

Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.

When It Is Used

Use it during behavior-change work when family members practice communication in a relevant interaction with practitioner guidance.

What It Captures

The tool captures context, practitioner-authored behavior focus, relational-fit notes, observed skill-use notes, and improvement/support-needed markers.

Important Limits

The tool does not include defined skill taxonomies, scripts, numeric ratings, scoring interpretation, or homework steps in this configuration.

Does the demo include communication scripts?

No. Exact scripts and skill prompts are not defined in the product specification and must not be invented.

Can the therapist rate skill use?

Not in the base demo. Ratings are unresolved because no rating structure is defined in the supplied record.

Who completes the tool?

The practitioner controls the record while family members participate in guided practice together with the practitioner.