If you want to make your training sessions more interactive, you can make the shift from lecture-based training to an active-based training. 

Nearly every day, we see articles about the importance of active learning for adults. Adults, especially those who work with children, may be tired after a long day of caring for others. Active training improves learner retention and motivates learners to put what they learn into action in their programs. Research has shown that the amount of information retained by participants declines after ten minutes of lecture (Farley, Risko & Kingstone, 2013).  So involve your participants more!

Possible training activities to get your participants more involved:

• Role play

• Poster gallery walk

• Small group discussion

• Interviews

• Debate 

• Having the participants review and present the new information to their fellow peers

If you're unsure of what these entail, we suggest searching them on the internet or asking other trainers!