Training Courses
Elective Organizer Coaching Training
Advanced Organizer Coach Training
Foundation Courses
Coaching Skills I trains organizers in a coaching model designed specifically for organizers in their work with clients.
- Powerful receptive and active coaching skills defined and demonstrated
- Skills mastery through trainer and small group support
- Instruction in the core skills, best practices and ethics of coaching
This is basic training in coaching skills. You can take this class by itself to develop a fundamental coaching competence, and then choose to continue with the rest of the training or not. It is designed to serve as a stand-alone training and also as the pre-requisite for further Coach Approach for Organizers™ training.
7 weekly sessions
February 9 – March 23, 2010 (evening option -- register by Jan 30)
May 12 – June 23, 2010 (register by May 1)
September 8 – October 20, 2010 (register by Aug 29)
$495
10.5 training hours (1.5 hour classes)
9 skills group hours
15 hours homework (estimated)
This Foundation Course focuses on coaching with a client’s strengths and challenges in mind – particularly when presented with the organizing and executive functioning challenges found in ADD and common co-existing conditions.
- Processing Modalities strengths and sensitivities: identifying our own and coaching with those of our clients
- Coaching to a client’s strengths and normalizing his/her challenges
- Coaching a client who is going through a mental health assessment and after a new diagnosis
- Coaching to design and support self-care strategies
- Ethics, boundaries and collaborative work with other professionals
Pre-requisite: Coaching Skills I
7 weekly sessions
October 27 – December 8, 2010 (register by Oct 17)
$550
10.5 training hours (1.5 hour classes)
9 skills group hours
20 hours homework (estimated)
This ADD Coach training is the third Foundation Course. Participants will learn about the receptive and active coaching skills which are specifically useful in working with people with a variety of organizing challenges, whether they have ADD or not.
- The core skills, best practices and ethics of ADD coaching
- Coaching for a life that fits with a client’s values and goals, strengths and needs
- Addressing client self-talk, ADD education, and other support structures
Pre-requisites: Coaching Skills I and Brain-Based Coaching
7 weekly sessions
January 13 – February 24, 2010 (register by Jan 3)
$550
10.5 training hours (1.5 hour classes)
9 skills group hours
9 hours homework (estimated)
This fourth and last Foundation Course addresses the multifaceted coaching methodologies which complement organizing work.
- Using coaching skills in specific organizing stages and situations
- Stand-alone coaching as preparation for or follow-up to an organizing relationship
Pre-requisites: Coaching Skills I and II and Brain-based Coaching
5 weekly sessions
March 10 – April 7 (register by Feb 28)
$375
7.5 training hours (1.5 hours classes)
6 skills group hours
10 hours homework (estimated)
Elective Organizer Coach Training
This supplemental training is a resource for Coach Approach for Organizers™ participants to practice coaching skills and build coaching experience and confidence.
- Trainer feedback and instruction assists in fine-tuning coaching skills
- Lab training involves actual coaching on authentic issues -- and so also provides participants an opportunity to experience being coached
- Although not required for certification, this course may be recommended during the certification process to strengthen one’s coaching skills
Pre-requisites: Coaching Skills I (or the original, nine-week Coach Approach for Organizers™ telecourse)
4 sessions, alternate weeks
March 22 – May 3, 2010 - Monday evenings 7:30 - 9:00 PM Eastern Time
October 5 – November 16, 2010 (tentative)
$175
6 training hours (1.5 hour classes)
Advanced Organizer Coach Training
This Practicum is the final training requirement for the Organizer Coach Certification. This small group seminar is a serious exploration of coaching themes and the coach/client dynamic. It is designed to anchor one’s identity as a coach and to support the incorporation of coaching services into one’s organizing business.
- We will use an assigned coaching text to broaden our understanding of coaching and provide a contrast to the Coach Approach for Organizers™ coaching model
- Participants will identify and explore emerging issues and promising applications for Organizer Coaches
Pre-requisites: All four Foundation Courses: Coaching Skills I & II, Brain-Based Client Challenges, and Organizer Coach Integration
6 sessions, each two weeks apart
May 10 – July 19, 2010 (alternate Monday afternoons)
May 11 – July 20, 2010 (alternate Tuesday evenings)
Register by May 1
$450
9 training hours (1.5 hour classes)
7.5 skills group hours
20 hours homework (estimated)
