So the other day I posted on my Facebook status that I got into the Parent Coaching Institute. Yahoo! I thought that maybe I'd explain it a little further....
I won't be a therapist. Let me just put that out there. The term "coach" is getting to be more and more popular. Basically I will be working with parents on many different struggles to find solutions that work for their family. It can range from "new baby" to "sibling rivalry" to "parents staying together". It can be some heavy duty family relationship issues that I can be dealing with, to more simple things such as a parent wanting to know child development. I will also be doing more parent focused trainings. Positive discipline, appropriate play activities and budgeting to name a few.
I am totally excited about this. The great thing is that I will also be earning 32 graduate level credits! To sum that up, I'll have a year of my masters degree completed. Yahoo! My credits are issued through Seattle Pacific University, which is fabulous. They have an incredible Marriage and Family Therapy graduate program. Though, I won't finish my degree there, most likely.
The Parent Coaching Institute is a non profit agency that issues a coaching certificate. I have been in contact with a local parent coach that has gone through this training and has been mentoring me as I've started researching this option.
So, as I return to school it brings on all sorts of emotions. I'm excited, scared and already feeling stressed! I am so happy that the cost of the school is thousands less than going full on for my masters degree. This is something I know God will bless and that He's calling me to do. If any of you would like to financially contribute, that is always welcome. The school costs $5,000 and every quarter I have to pay $360 to register for my graduate level credits. Anything is welcome, and most of prayer! This will be tough working full time, being a mom and wife and going to school full time... BUT! I know I can do it!
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