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Training: Person-Centred Coaching for Paraprofessionals
Evidenced-Based approaches: Integrating Executive Functioning, Trauma-informed care, Neurodiversity into Reflective practice.
Person-Centred Coaching training, provides a holistic approach into supporting Neurodiversity and trauma-informed principles.
At Family Pathway, the Person-Centred Coaching model, emphasizes safety, trust, collaboration, positive identity and empowerment, providing individual with choice.
Person-Centred Coaching (PCC) aims: A person-centred approach to connection and access, enabling personal empowerment through fostering a positive personal self-identity. PCC encompasses the different ways we think, act, communicate, move and process information, celebrating the unique strengths and perspectives of individuals with diversity of neurological profiles.
Our Person-Centred Coaching training is aimed at skilling support workers who work with vulnerable and disadvantaged children, young people and adults with disabilities. This training encompasses evidenced-based research by the Sutton Trust, IOE and the Gottman Institute.
The interactive workshops focus on how paraprofessionals can have a positive impact on enabling individuals overcome challenges so that they can engage with the things they need to do, want to do and are expected to do, including environmental challenges. This training enables paraprofessionals to develop the understanding, compassion and connection when working with the wide spectrum of neurological differences and needs within the settings that they work in.
Paraprofessionals are support workers who work with vulnerable children, young people and adults with disability. This includes teaching assistants, youth workers and support workers in education, and care industry.
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Person-Centred Coaching (PCC)
PCC provides paraprofessionals with the tools, knowledge and understanding to support individuals overcome personal barriers to access their best life. PCC training develops confidence in:
Communication skills with other professionals around individual's needs;
Raises awareness around different emotional styles and differences;
Reflecting on behaviours and underlying needs;
Enabling steps for access, such as supporting an individual with thinking how to think (Metacognition);
Develop awareness around the developmental stages of executive functioning skills. For us to do anything in our life, we need these skills;
Linking the learning around behaviours and executive functioning skills to the upstairs and downstairs brain.
Understanding our why when working with vulnerable individuals, i.e. enabling independence
Planning for Support Staff training:
All our training is tailored to the needs of each setting. This means that the training to each setting is contextualised to the settings profile of need, i.e. mainstream school; SEN/ALN school; assisted living support, youth centres. Our initial approach is to start with an initial audit around the experience of support staff. All our training is followed up with a training session with all staff in the setting.
What our clients say:
Cardiff LA: Into Work Team
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Excellent trainers, exceptionally knowledgeable, patient and willing to answer and explore all questions.
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Very informative and educational. Helped further develop understanding with very engaging activity and material. p.s. trainers were fantastic.
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Really enjoyed - thank you. I think everyone who works with people should receive training/ awareness sessions on ESF & neurodiversity - including the people who make the decisions lol.
Cardiff Cathays Community Youth Workers Team
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“It has helped me assess with young people’s needs and enhance that and think about it in different ways.”
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Delegates expressed that the training was tailored to their needs, “It felt it was specifically made for us”. Therefore, it was felt that concepts taught could be immediately applied.
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“Useful for me personally as well as applying it to other people.”
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Delegates identified that the training was both practical in their personal and professional capacity. Describing the content as “why isn’t this training offered in all schools and with people that work with young people”.
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