The Health Resources and Services Administration finds that anxiety and depression among children ages 3-17 have increased over the last five years in the United States. By 2020, 5.6 million kids (92%) had been diagnosed with anxiety problems, and 2.4 million (4.0%) had been diagnosed with depression (JAMA Pediatrics, March 14, 2022.). Therefore, it is very important to take steps to positively influence children.
In today’s ever-changing world children need to face life’s challenges such as bullying, drugs, depression, and self-harm. Kids life coaching is one of those effective methods that can affect children’s well-being. This session will introduce you to the unfamiliar method of kids coaching.
Kids life coaching is a very effective way we can support them to face everyday challenges in a world filled with toxic influences. During this session, you will learn:
• The definition of kids life coaching. • How coaching adults differs from coaching children. • The kids life coaching process — an explanation of the whole process from making first contact with the parents to closing the process with the kid and the family. • Tools for coaching kids. • Notable coaching experiences where significant changes occurred in a child’s life.
Learning Objectives:
Understand the process of kids coaching.
Describe how kids coaching differs from coaching adults.
Learn and use some techniques that are easily adoptable and can be easily implemented in working with kids.
