Earn your Diploma in Coaching Adolescents and Young Adults
Welcome to a transformative journey that can reshape the lives of both adolescents and young adults while offering you an opportunity to start your own coaching services business! In today’s rapidly changing world, the challenges faced by youth are more complex and demanding than ever before. Parents, teachers, and other adults supporting adolescents and youth play a pivotal role in guiding and nurturing the potential of the next generation, but it’s becoming increasingly clear that traditional methods of support are not enough.
In this age of digital distraction, social pressures, and ever-evolving educational paradigms, it’s imperative for caring adults to equip themselves with the knowledge and skills necessary to empower young minds. The current trends in technology, social dynamics, and educational approaches have the potential to either unlock or hinder the latent talents and capabilities within our adolescents and young adults.
This is where the LCC Diploma in Coaching Adolescents and Young Adults (CAYC) course comes into play.
Vision
To cultivate a global network of ethically grounded, highly skilled coaches who empower adolescents and young adults to realize their potential and contribute positively to the world.
Training Philosophy
Our training philosophy is grounded in the belief that coaching adolescents and young adults is a transformative practice requiring:
- Specialized Skills: Tools and techniques tailored to the developmental and contextual needs of young people.
- Ethical Excellence: A foundation of integrity, accountability, and respect for the individual, aligned with global Codes of Ethics and Standards of Ethical Conduct.
- Empathy-Driven Practice: A commitment to fostering trust, respect, and empowerment in every coaching relationship.
Guiding Principles
- Trust and Safety:
Create an environment where adolescents and young adults feel heard, valued, and safe to express themselves authentically. - Active Listening:
Listen with intent, curiosity, and respect to understand their unique perspectives and experiences. - Empowerment:
Equip young people with tools and strategies to develop self-awareness, resilience, and agency in navigating their lives. - Integrity and Accountability:
Maintain the highest ethical standards, including confidentiality, boundary-setting, and professional responsibility. - Developmental Alignment:
Recognize and adapt to the distinct challenges and opportunities present in adolescence and young adulthood, including their cognitive, emotional, and social development.
The training methodology is designed to integrate ethical standards with practical tools, ensuring coaches are equipped to engage, empower, and support young people effectively.
Intended Outcomes
- For Coaches
- Mastery of ethically grounded coaching practices
- Confidence in engaging and supporting adolescents and young adults.
- The ability to create transformative coaching experiences.
- For Adolescents and Young Adults
- Enhanced self-confidence, resilience, and decision-making abilities.
- A stronger sense of purpose and clarity about their goals.
- Better emotional regulation and communication skills.
We understand the unique challenges and opportunities that today’s youth face, and we’re dedicated to providing caring adults with the tools and insights needed to become effective coaches. Our course will not only teach you the ethics and fundamentals of coaching, but also delve into the latest research and strategies to help young people navigate their journey toward realising their full potential.
This course is designed to meet the International Coach Federation (ICF) requirements of professional coaching standards and practices that will enable you to coach anyone, anytime, anywhere. CAYC meets the requirements for the ACC credential pathway by offering 74 hours including 10 mentor coaching hours, 5 observed coaching sessions and a final evaluation at the ACC skill level. The course has received provisional Level 1 Accreditation from the ICF.
The CAYC course is ideal for head teachers, school principals, youth pastors, youth mentors, parents, teachers and others who work with adolescents and young adults and would like to gain coaching skills to help them engage, inspire, and support their wards to gain important life skills, maximise their potential and achieve their goals.
Anyone who would like to begin their training as a coach will also find this course useful as it will equip them with the foundational skills they need to coach successfully and information on how to set up a coaching business.
The course combines synchronous learning involving real time direct instruction live using virtual meeting applications. These live sessions will combine lecture style delivery, group discussion, role play and practice.
This course delivered by LCC Coaching – Education , a division of LifeSkills Coaching Consultants.
Join this exciting endeavour to foster resilience, creativity, and a sense of purpose in the lives of the adolescents and young adults you care about. Together, we can create a brighter future for the next generation, and by doing so, make a lasting impact on the world.