Dr. Scott Stanley and Dr. Howard Markman, founders of the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP), are hosts for this course. Based on PREP and more than 30 years of research, the course teaches viewers how to recognize four communication danger signs and develop new, healthy communication skills that will enrich a couple's relationship. Interactive quizzes, a private online journal, and handouts round out the course.

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

• identify four communication danger signs
• describe escalation, invalidation, negative interpretations, withdrawal, and avoidance
• identify four healthy communication techniques
• describe when and how to take a break
• identify the speaker-listener techniques of paraphrasing and using I-statements