I had a meeting with the Juvinal court administrator for the county I live in yesterday. I met to offer him what is termed as a diversionary program for youth offenders. I explained the coaching concept to him, and told him my services could be used to develop an approach for families to discover their core values, inspire passion for the child offender, and structure goals and accountability to successfully deter further criminal behavior. The administrator was extremely excited as the system is fighting cost and effective diversion techniques conflicts. I will be presenting to the intake coordinators within the month to expose them to the concept and be a resource for them to refer. I look forward to what God will do in the lives of these families, and especially the children.
In His service,

Dave Baker

Are you using a coaching approach in some family application, like marriage, parenting, step-family, or to coach an issue commonly dealt with by families (money and grief are two that have been written about).

I’m looking for writers (or practitioners who are willing to begin to write) to broaden what we offer in the Family Coaching Center. Basically, I’m looking to maintain a consistent definition, “Coaching is the discipline of believing in (couples, children, the bereaved, etc.)”, and how a coaching approach has been or could be used effectively with these groups:

1. Married couples
2. Separated couples seeking a fresh approach to learn skills to help them to communicate better
3. Children
4. Parents wanting to improve their parenting
5. etc.

I believe that there are many folks out there that are passionate about marriage and family, and who have great ideas and experience using a coaching approach to aid growth and change.

It this is tugging at your heart or getting you excited, please contact me, Jeff Williams, Family Coaching Center moderator, jeff.gtre@gmail.com.

Blessings, Jeff