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NVCR as a topic, when taught well, is invaluable. It's also probably the most difficult to teach.

Most instructors are gun guys, not experts in interpersonal communication. Many view it as something to get through because it's required.

For me, it was the hardest of the topics to build my curriculum around. I spent a good amount of time reading on the subject and pulling out what I thought was valuable.

What I think a lot of instructors do is hit the PAC model and communication model because it shows up on the test and totally miss how it applies and how to use it to your advantage. They also limit it to those two subtopics rather than bringing in other related topics.

I like to think my students (and my conversations with them bear it out) that they are getting good information out of that section.

I think the thing is, there are more than a few bad instructors out there. I'm not saying their bad people or don't know their stuff.That's why I became an instructor. I had a couple that at the end of the day "I think I can do a better job".