As the following article explains, the term ‘coaching’ is an idea taken from the sports world. Any team or individual that wants to excel in a given sport knows that a supportive person who understands the sport can make a huge difference in the success of the players involved.
With nearly 40 years of successful parenting behind us, plus the hundreds of hours we’ve spent studying & writing about child guidance and working personally with our DWD students, we have laid a solid foundation for coaching that can impact both this generation and generations to come.
Based on our unique approach to child guidance (we call it LowStress Child Management), our coaching program helps parents and others who work with children consistently apply our proven system of child management until it becomes the natural way of responding to kids and their demands. In the end, you will experience the joy of working with children in a way that you only dreamed about until now.
- The first session with a new client is FREE and is ½ hour in length.
- The purpose of the first session is to acquaint the prospective client with the LSCM coaching program and to discuss package options.
- Once a package has been selected, chargeable sessions begin with the next appointment.
- Each session is a maximum of one hour in length, although it need not last that long if both the client is satisfied with spending less than one hour together.
- Shorter contact calls – up to 15 % of the total package time – are allowed on an as-needed basis.
- The sessions of multi-session packages are scheduled as weekly appointments.
- Sessions may be by phone or in person.
- Coaching may include up to two people raising the same child (or children) for a maximum of ten sessions, after which individual coaching packages will apply.
- Unless other arrangements are made, calls for phone-based coaching sessions are initiated by the client at a time previously set by both parties.
- If an LSCM coach travels to a coaching site at the client’s request, an additional travel fee will apply.
- On-site observation will be charged at the same hourly rate as coaching and may be included as part of a purchased package.
- Unless other arrangements are agreed upon by both client & coach, the coaching of a contracted client will be carried out by the original coach for the duration of a purchased package.
- Because our coaching is based on a specific approach to child guidance, new clients are required to purchase a minimum package of three sessions that are primarily instructional using a Modified Coaching Format at the same rate as the Pure Coaching Format. After the first three instructional sessions are completed, the Pure Coaching Format is started.
- Alumni of the DWD course are exempted from the instructional phase and may proceed directly to the Pure Coaching Format.
- To set your first appointment, call 913-341-9550 or toll-free 888-228-4465.
Four Coaching Packages
- Single one-hour session - $75
- Three-session package - $200
- Six-session package - $375
- Ten-session package - $600
Fees for all packages are paid in advance with a signed agreement.
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Coaching and Counseling: The Connection...and the Difference
Coaching came into its own in the 80's, fed by the human potential movement, counseling & therapy, and business & organizational consulting. … As change became the norm rather than an exception in corporations, coaching provided an effective option to guide employee development.
Over the past several years, coaching has spread beyond the business world. People from all walks of life are now hiring coaches to assist them in achieving a variety of personal and professional goals. The growth in coaching is evidenced by the increasing numbers of coaches joining the International Coaching Federation (ICF), the professional association that sets ethics and standards for the coaching profession and certifies coaches.
According to the ICF, coaching can be defined as “an ongoing partnership that helps clients produce fulfilling results in their personal and professional lives. Through the process of coaching, clients deepen their learning, improve their performance, and enhance their quality of life”.
The term 'coaching' uses a metaphor from the sports community, where coaching is an established activity. No team of athletes would consider trying to reach excellence without a coach. In being coached, one does not have to admit either to needing help or even to having a problem, so the shame-based feelings often triggered by counseling are by-passed. It is no disgrace to have a coach, when even Tiger Woods has had several!
Quite to the contrary, to have a coach has come to be more a sign of strength and progress than an indication of weakness or regression.
How is Coaching Different from Therapy (Counseling)?
PAST vs. FUTURE: One might say that therapy (counseling) focuses on issues of pathology, healing and unresolved psychological issues of the past. Coaching on the other hand, begins with the present and assists clients in setting very clear, and specific goals that they want to achieve in the future. While the past may be discussed on occasion, it is addressed only in the context of discovering what is blocking the client from moving forward.
ACTION vs. INSIGHT: Furthermore, the focus in coaching is always on movement and taking action, more than on insight or understanding.
WANT vs. NEED: In addition, the words ‘counseling’ and ‘therapy’ conjure up the notion that someone is in need of help or a cure. Coaching clients choose to work with a coach because they want to, not because they need to.
EXPERT vs. PARTNER: Another difference is that coaches, as contrasted to counselors, are seen less as experts and more as a persons with a set of skills they use to support people in achieving their goals. A coach can be seen more like a partner or friend that you check in with from week to week to review your progress, vision for the future and set new goals.
To set up your first appointment, or to clarify other questions, call 913-341-9550 or toll-free 888-228-4465.
