Coaching Options
Workshop or one-on-one coaching
- Combines teaching, coaching skills, action steps and reflection
- Offers a series of exercises and practices
- Provides a text book, workbook and practical information
Ono-on-one Coaching
- For parents
- Single mothers or fathers
- Caregivers
- Time frame for coaching is 10 weeks
NB: One-on-one coaching follows the workshop format and is tailored to the needs of the individual/s - hence the longer time frame
Workshop Outline
Week One
- Introduction
- How well do you know your teen/s?
- The relationship
- Command and control parenting
- The seven deadly habits that destroy relationships
- Respect
- The seven connecting habits that strengthen relationships
- Practical distinctions that can be used in parenting style immediately
Week Two
- Review outcomes from previous weeks
- How well do you know your teen/s?
- Information component
- Point of View listening - an extremely powerful approach to communication
- Explore communication styles
- Practical distinctions that can be used with teen immediately - be amazed by the results
Week Three
- Review outcome from previous week
- How well do you know your teen/s?
- Information component
- Learned helplessness
- Responsibility
- Accountability
- Practical exercises - get into action and get your life back
Week Four
- Review outcomes from previous week
- How well do you know your teen/s?
- Information component
- Over-parenting versus under-parenting
- Support versus rescue
- Independence versus dependence
- Practical exercises
Workshop Suggestions
- Get a group of mothers together
- Or a group of dads
- A mixed group
- Run at your workplace - "Parents At Work"
- Organise through school or community organisation
´The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children´.
Edward, Duke of Windsor, Look, 5 March 1957