{"id":3506,"date":"2012-08-01T06:03:55","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T06:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=3506"},"modified":"2022-09-18T14:45:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T14:45:57","slug":"coaching-children-or-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/coaching-children-or-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Coaching Children or Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"

What does a coaching<\/a> relationship with a child or youth focus on?\u00a0 The answers are as varied as those receiving and doing the coaching.\u00a0 For some youth, a coach empowers them to proactively strategize how to function with ADD<\/a>, Autism, Asperger\u2019s, ODD, OCD, or other challenges.\u00a0 For others the focus of coaching is on balancing extracurricular activities with school and chores.\u00a0 Some coaches work with high school students to prepare for college \u2013 either gaining admission or the transition.\u00a0 In some situations the coach works with the whole family on their interpersonal relationships and communication.<\/p>\n

When a coach<\/a> is working with a child or youth, how is confidentiality handled?\u00a0 Consider the parents as the sponsor (much like a company hiring a coach for their employee) and the child or youth is the coaching client.\u00a0 Follow the ICF Code of Ethics<\/a> on confidentiality.\u00a0 Determine in advance what gets disclosed and how it is disclosed.\u00a0 Involve the child or youth in this process for the greatest benefit to the coaching relationship.<\/p>\n

How does the child or youth benefit from a coach?\u00a0 A coach empowers their client and puts the client in charge of their thinking, choices, and actions.\u00a0 For a child or youth, this creates an awareness of their opportunities and their responsibilities.\u00a0 Additionally, coaching builds confidence.\u00a0 An effective coaching relationship equips the child or youth with understanding, decision making, a focus on goals, and ownership of their life.<\/p>\n

Do you think it would benefit parents to learn coaching skills?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What does a coaching relationship with a child or youth focus on?\u00a0 The answers are as varied as those receiving and doing the coaching.\u00a0 For … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,40],"tags":[113,77,45,50,75,67,55,81,49,88,51,84,103,87,79,107,76,112],"class_list":["post-3506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-tools-and-techniques","tag-children","tag-client","tag-coaches","tag-coaching","tag-coaching-agreement","tag-coaching-niche","tag-coaching-services","tag-coaching-success","tag-code-of-ethics","tag-effective-coaching","tag-excellence","tag-goals","tag-opportunities","tag-professional-coach","tag-skills","tag-strategy","tag-understand","tag-youth","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t\n