Coaching Your Child to Success Workshop

Being a parent and teacher is a beautiful privilege and a serious commitment that requires love, resilience, compassion and a new set of skills in today’s challenging environment.

Are you seeking a better relationship with your children? Or are you looking for ways to eliminate power tussles with your kids and create a peaceful and productive environment? Perhaps you want to reduce stress and restore work-life harmony. Or you would like some steps to guide your child to a successful future.

Discover how to maximise your own strengths and enhance the lives of your children. You will come away with practical skills that can be used everyday to create better relationships and improve your family’s emotional well-being at “Coaching Your Child to Success”, a workshop by Wand Inspiration.

Who will Benefit:

Parents (with children up to 16), Care Givers, Teachers and Educators, Care Givers and Social Workers

What You Gain:

Stronger resilience in parenting skills – how to handle breakdowns, mistakes and failures
Greater ability to manage emotions such as anger, sadness and fear
A coaching framework called the WAND
The importance of being neutral and non-judging

Presenter and Facilitator

Wendy Chua K. Wand, Managing Director (Psychology and Leadership) and founder of Wand Inspiration, has been coaching high-achievers, executives, parents and educators over the past 14 years.

Formerly the School Psychologist at Raffles Institution where she counselled and coached students and parents through life changes and to better performance in sports and academics, Wendy has shared her expert views in Straits Times’ MIND YOUR BODY supplement; and as the “Aunt Agony in the Living Room” on radio 938LIVE. As a wife, parent of four, she is also the author of a 20-book series called “All Kids R Gifted” and has published “Break to Dawn: New Challenges, New Commitments”, a book about new beginning and lessons learned from painful and challenging setbacks.

Program Details

Date: Saturday 13th June 2009
Time: 2pm to 5pm
Venue: Possibility Room, The National Library, 100 Victoria Street (nearest MRT: Bugis)

2:00pm	Introduction to the WAND approach
2:15pm	What does success mean to you? What do resilient parents focus on?
2:45pm	What challenges do your children face? How do you coach resilience and self discipline?
3:30pm	Co-Setting realistic goals, rules and consequences
4:15pm	How can you respond to failures? Attitudes and actions that make a difference
4:45pm	Review and feedback
5:00pm	End

Each participant will receive a workbook.

Author of “All Kids R Gifted” and former School Psychologist of Raffles Institution, Wendy Chua K. Wand shares her expertise in “Coaching Your Child to Success” with parents and teachers on Saturday 13 June 2009 at the National Library. You’ve heard her advice on the radio, seen her coaching on TV and read her articles in the papers. Now learn from her in person.

“Made aware that my kids and I have similar goals and problems. With this, I understand my child’s feelings.”

“Treat kids with respect, acknowledge them when they take steps to be realistic with goals.”

“Take time to reflect on what we are doing for the children and if its appropriate.”

Participants from previous parenting workshops

The WAND approach
In 2002, Wendy presented “The WAND approach to maximizing the performance of high achievers” at the 25th International Congress of Applied Psychology. She shared how coaching can improve the performance of leaders, students and sportsmen.

This approach emphasizes the importance of:
W	the W questions - what, why, by when, who
A	Actions and Acknowledgement
N	being Neutral and Non-judgmental
D	individual Differences and making a Difference

Fees:
$25 per person
Please register by completing and returning the attached Registration Form. As spaces are limited, registration is on a first-come-first-served basis.

Please contact thaddeus@wandinspiration.com or 9049 2939 for details.

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