A report by The Harvard Business School (Strategy & Society by Michael E.Porter and Mark R. Kramer 2007) highlights the value to the employer and employee of supporting parents in the workplace.
The Parent Coaching Academy’s successful work in the corporate sector is highlighted in a feature – Working Out The Stresses of Family life – in The Sunday Times
How to excel as a parent coach
This workshop is for professionals committed to supporting parents who have already attended The Coaching Academy’s Introduction To Parent Coaching Workshop.
It offers an opportunity for you to enjoy taking your parent coaching skills to the next level and develop new techniques and practical tools to support parents of children of all ages. This day is full of easy-to-implement ideas for use in 1-1 and group situations. These include:
- Range of opportunities to enjoy coaching, being coached, observing and being observed and assessment of your strengths as a parent coach
- Techniques including visualisation to motivate parents to achieve their goals
- Opportunity to deliver a 1-1 coaching session (20 minutes) using all segments of the Parent Coaching Academy Model
- Effective strategies to ask questions without giving advice and feel confident about coping with conversation-stoppers
- Tools to deliver successful group workshops (can also be used in 1-1 situations)
Cost
- £995 (plus vat) for one day workshop for 15 people (£67 per delegate)
- Additional delegates @ £50 (plus vat) per person
Location
Client to provide location and refreshments.
The workshops are delivered by Lorraine Thomas, CEO, The Parent Coaching Academy and author, ‘The 7-Day Parent Coach’, ‘Get A Life’ and ‘The Mummy Coach’.
See what others are saying
‘A very interesting course that offered lots of advice and hints, useful in professional and personal situations.’
Sandra Clarke, Family Learning Leader
“We hosted An Introduction to Parent Coaching Workshop for our parenting practitioners and local partners and it was a stunning success."
Mick Haselden, Parents+Plus
‘Having worked with parents for over 20 years – my only regret is that parent coaching was not around way back then. I’ve learnt so much more in 1 day than other training has offered over longer periods.’
Karen Gregory, PSA, Wellfield Community School