Professional Training
Mary-Jane Beach has combined her decades of experience with the work of the renowned, forward thinking special educators to create a “lifeline”…Take Charge!™ provides a road map for families…the user-friendly format and comprehendible language in Take Charge!™ places it head-and-shoulders above similar publications.
-Richard Lavoie, M.A., M.Ed. Simmons College Visiting Professor; Producer, How Difficult Can This Be? The F.A.T. City Workshop
You have done an extraordinary job creating this material. What you have done is produce something quite unique which I hope will fi nd great acceptance throughout the industry. Carl W. Mores, Ed.D. (Retired) President & Executive Director, Cotting School I was very pleased to receive a copy of Take Charge!™ It certainly looks very promising. I am sure there are children who will benefit from your creative thinking and wisdom. Your idea of organizing a coach training institute on the Cape sounds very timely. I have become convinced that coaching is the way to go. Congratulations.
-Mel Levine, M.D. All Kinds of Minds, University of North Carolina
The first concept that is key for me is Communication. I love the concept of the band and the compass, and I will keep these tools alive. As a teacher, building a relationship with my students and parents is very important. You gave me the tools and confidence to start.
-Suzanne Kenney, Elementary Teacher
Bridges Associates offers the following workshops on for educators, parents, counselors, and therapists of nearly any size. Contact us for references, pricing, and scheduling.
Take Charge!® Coach training Course descriptions
What is Take Charge!® Coaching ?
The coaching relationship with children, adults, couples and families impacted by learning disabilities and attention disorders is multifaceted. A comprehensive and systemic perspective helps ensure that the individual and those who are influential in his environment work together. Reaching the child or adult as he or sh e learns and processes—providing access and accommodation for the often invisible disabilities- is the coach’s foundation and challenge. The Take Charge! Coach’s perspective is that change occurs from a process mindful of attention (presence), thinking (cognition), feeling (affect), communicating (pragmatic language) and doing (conation); and that change has elements of external structure and internal influence. The effective coach understands the medical, legal, social, educational and community systems of which the client is a part.
Take Charge!® Coach Training Basic Course (20 hours)
This course provides an overview of the Take Charge! method, lessons, materials and tools. During this course, participants will learn to use the twelve lessons and activities that teach the unique style and strategies of the Take Charge! Coach. Participants will learn the multisensory method to help clients establish a new direction, understand learning styles for self awareness; appreciate the importance of the sensory environment; facilitate optimistic attitudes, guide healing and self-respect, enhance confidence; envision success, establish routines, achieve personal balance, communicate effectively, engage in self evaluation and reflection, and celebrate resilience. There will be time to present cases and practice using the multisensory tools. All curriculum materials are included.
Understanding and Managing Learning Differences (20 hours)
This course provides an overview of psychological testing and assessment of neurodevelopmental differences including learning disabilities, attention, impulsivity, memory, language processing and socialization. Their impact on behavior, self esteem and mood will be considered. Academic assessment and remediation will be reviewed, along with strategies to monitor academic progress through Accommodation Plans (504) and Educational Plans (IEP’s) and effective collaboration at Team Meetings.
Take Charge!® Family Coach Leader Training / Experiential Course (20 hours)
This twenty hour, thirteen session course provides training for leaders of the family coach training project. It offers an experiential group for individuals or teams as they prepare to offer Take Charge! At Home programs in community settings. In addition to planning and preparing weekly lessons and discussing program issues and challenges, the training will address co-leader collaboration and topical issues such as authentic family partnerships, responding to differences, and the impact of disabilities at home. Concepts outlined in the course description, New Dimensions in Clinical Practice, will be integrated into the clinical practice. Prerequisite: Take Charge!® Coach Training Basic Course or tutorial.
New Dimensions in Clinical Practice (20 hours)
This course provides an overview of research based clinical models for children, adults, families and groups affected by trauma, learning disabilities, addictions and attention disorders. The models are strength based, mindful, creative and multisensory. Systemic treatment includes care management and team building to connect all systems, both internal and external. Making referrals, giving feedback, and presenting information to clients with transparency are covered. This course is for behavioral health clinicians and potential trainers. The topics are: collaborative and strength based approaches with families; hands-on coaching for change; behavioral fluency to manage executive function disorders; new strategies to diffuse tension (power struggles) in relationships; t raditional and alternative strategies to manage symptoms and stress; manage behavior, moods and emotion with metaphor and play; building structure and new routines; compassion and limits without co-dependency; sensitive response to cultural differences; and effective communication with systems.
Tuition is $500 per course. Please inquire group rates, off-site training, CEU’s, Credit and PDP’s.
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