TEEN Coaching provides ‘mentoring style’ In-Service training to anyone working with teenagers with challenging behaviour within Social Care, Fostering or Educational settings. This training teaches how to improve skills in self-awareness, interpersonal communication and preventative behaviour management approaches for working better with teenagers who present as 'aggressive', 'difficult' or 'angry'. Workshops are interrelated and are suitable for Social Care staff, Youth Workers, Foster Care parents and Teaching staff. These workshops can also be intergrated into a family support package for parents seeking guidance & help with their teenage children.
 
TEEN Coaching combines extensive experience working with young people with challenging behaviour with methodologies and skills from the innovative field of Personal Development Coaching to enhance and develop skills that work. These child centred workshops can complement any model of care to increase staff confidence and effectiveness. They also offer the optimum opportunity for learning & development because workshops are kept small to offer a personalised, supportive and modern approach to practice development.

TEEN Coaching can benefit...
 
> Anyone new to working with teenagers who present as 'challenging'.
 
> Anyone struggling with the realities of working with challenging teenagers.
 
> Anyone that often gets caught in the cycle of confrontation & conflict.
 
> Anyone wanting to enhance their communication skills for working with teenagers.
 
> Anyone wanting to enhance their self-awareness and confidence when working with challenging behaviour.
 
> Anyone wanting to develop their health and well-being for working with teenagers.
 
> Services wanting to develop a comprehensive Induction Training Package.

TEEN Coaching has been developed from extensive experienced gain by working with teenagers placed in Juvenile Justice and Care systems. It teaches skills and approaches which can significantly enhance practitioner's understanding, confidence and effectiveness for working with young people. Workshops have been extensively reviewed by recognised Irish experts in the field of Psychology and Social & Community Care to give services added confidence of the value TEEN Coaching can be to your staff and organisation. TEEN Coaching is committed to the on-going evaluation of our programme to ensure we meet global standards in best practice guidelines. For more information, visit the Evaluation page.