Basic Coaching Skills for Therapists and Health Professionals
- 8.45am–4.30pm, 28 October 2010
- Hilton East Midlands Airport Hotel, Castle Donnington, Derby
This training day was fully booked and we had some fabulous feedback. Coaching is a powerful approach to working with individuals and groups. It enables people to work towards what they want rather than what they don’t want. It is being fast recognised as the “missing link” in helping people to change health beliefs, raise self efficacy and develop sustainable plans. The day was aimed at independent practitioners who wanted to explore coaching and consider using it as part of their professional “tool kit”. It aimed and fulfilled it's criteria to provide some practical tools, hands-on practice and personal experience of coaching. It showed how coaching not only benefits our clients, but also supports our own personal and business development. Of the 15 people who attended 8 felt the course content was excellent, 5 good and 1 satisfactory. Of our lovely speaker Jen, (Ed. we all loved your wings Jen!!!) 11 people thought she was an excellent speaker, 2 felt she was good and 1 satisfactory. With regard to the opportunity to network: 4 felt the day to be excellent, 5 good, 3 satisfactory and 1 felt time to be poor because they would have liked more times during breaks. Actually the breaks were not as long as usual during this course, as most folk wanted to get 'stuck in' or 'carry on' with the practical sessions.
Course outcomes
It is intended that at the conclusion of the programme the independent practitioner will have:
- Identified and understood the fundamental processes involved in coaching including opportunity to practice some coaching tools, and have experience of being coached
- Understood the barriers to coaching
- Explored possible applications of coaching
Programme
| 08:45 | Registration |
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| 09:15 | “What’s all this fuss about coaching?”
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| 11:00 | Break |
| 11.20 | “But that’s really important to me!”
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| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 1:15 | “Dreams…making them happen”
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| 2:30 | Break |
| 3:15 | "What next?"
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| 4.30pm | Close |
This was brilliant day - “a good mix of teaching and experiential learning”.
Jen Gash is an Independent Occupational Therapist, Case Manager and Professional Coach. She started coaching and quickly realised the benefits that coaching holds for clients and professionals alike. She established OTCoach in 2006 which provides coaching and training to Occupational Therapists. Personally, Jen has found coaching invaluable in developing her own business and supporting her professional and personal development. In her spare time Jen paints, dances and tries to keep fit!
