Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), September 26, 1984, p. 44

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RES GeorgetownActon Wednesday Sept 26 Helping people communicate aim of new night course Chris Bertelsen is trying to get people to talk to each other better The Georgetown High School biology teacher is leaching a Monday night course designed to increase a persons ability to effectively communicate with people such Hie course starts on October 2 and there is still time register who taught the communication course in Guelph for two years said until a person Is aware of how he expresses himself to others he cannot communicate effec The ten week Ihreehour sessions Involve different methods such as instruction role playing or selfevaluation The latter two taped conversations and video a ping are some of the techniques Bertelsen uses For example a person can say he is not angry but on the video tape he sees he has no smile and his body is tense People can learn to communicate their Ihoughts more clearly to others if their body language coincides with their speech Bertelsen said The often forgotten skill of listening is also taught he added If youre not listening you cannot com Thats basically it he said You might as well shut yourself off said Ihe course was designed by the Human Service Community Agency in Guelph It has been taught for 10 years there and has Just been recently approved by the Ministry of Education as a night course in Georgetown Bertelsen has taken all or the courses offered by the agency He said it has helped a lot in teaching his biology students at the high school and he wanted people from teen agers to senior citizens to get a chance to learn about It Bertelsen will have Hive another teacher on the Guelph course to help him in Georgetown People interested in the course can reach Bertelsen by calling the high school Dear Friends On behalf of Leata Misha and myself I would like to thank all the workers who gave so much of their time and all the voters for their overwhelming vote of confidence It was wonderful to see the number of people involved in the democratic process the workers and voters from all parties I will continue to work for the people of Halton and be your spokesman in Ottawa Should you have any questions or problems please don t hesitate to call me at any of my riding offices Thank you air 0M TO Ip THE ibiurs cftss ctx flr roieAviOc toys rtVXP vZ THE CHRISTMAS FAIR HE AMP THE TO THE ftUSEUV SHORT TERM DEPOSITS 30 dap 10 Craft ttfo MILTON M4 Serving the Regional Municipality since IfcrtirfclirlinswwiliiiiliiiiiniiiiMM

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