Do you have a passion for parenting?
 
Do you have a passion for working with people?
 
Do you aspire to make a difference in others’ lives? 
 
Do you aspire to help other parents excel at perhaps the most important 'job' in their lives?

If you do, we invite you to consider the possibility of becoming a Certified Parenting Coach and help others to grow and become exceptional parents. 

Certified Advanced Parentology Coach (CAPC) Training

CAPC is an intensive course for individuals who wish to apply the paradigms, principles and practices of Advanced Parentology professionally as a parenting coach.  It aims to equip participants with a robust theoretical foundation for helping parents to become more competent at handling the inherent challenges of raising children on a one-to-one basis, and practical experience in the design and delivery of coaching programmes.  

As this course leads to the Advanced Parentology Coach Certification, it has a signficant practical component to ensure that participants are adequately competent to work with parents professionally.
Participants are required to complete a 5-day intensive seminar followed by a 12 weekly practice sessions to deepen their learning and gain competency through on-going skill practice, feedback and coaching. The 12-week practicum shall include also a minimum of 30 hours of peer coaching and 10 hours of coaching ‘live’ clients.  Only participants who have met a stringent criteria will be certified.

Course Outline

The course will cover the following:

  • Fundamentals of Advanced Parentology
  • Fundamentals of Positive Discipline
  • Introduction to Parent Coaching
  • Essential Competencies of a Parenting Coach
  • Common Models and Frameworks in Coaching
  • The Flow of Coaching
  • Generative Conversations: The Heart of Coaching
  • Common Pitfalls to Avoid
  • When Coaching Isn’t Working
  • Practice Building and Code of Ethics

About the Course Leader

This course will be led by Kenny Toh, a professional coach, corporate trainer, parent educator, passionate father of two, and the founder of Institute of Advanced Parentology

Kenny is trained and certified in Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) and skilled in a diverse range of coaching methodologies. He is also the founder of The Coaching Academy and a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF).  As an experienced coach, he has personally worked with individuals from various walks of life, helping CEO’s, senior executives, managers, business professionals, consultants, entrepreneurs, artists, teachers as well as parents achieve greater success, joy, meaning and fulfillment in their personal and professional lives.

As a corporate trainer, Kenny has also trained leaders at several FORTUNE 500 companies including AES, AMD, Abbott Laboratories and SUN Microsystems on a range of topics including Coaching for Success, Coaching for Performance Improvement, Leadership Essentials, Effective Communication, Performance Management, Effective Decision Making and Problems Solving, Conflict Resolution and Leading High Performance Teams.

As a leading advocate of Parents-as-Coaches and Positive Discipline in Singapore, he has been invited to speak at public parenting seminars such as Positive Parenting Congress (2009), Great Parenting Seminar (2007), Joyful Parenting Conference (2006) as well as private audiences at government organizations, corporate institutions, and schools. Since founding the International Network for Parents as Coaches in 2005, Kenny has coached parents with children of all ages on a variety of parenting challenges ranging from handling behavioural issues in young children to communication breakdowns between parents and teenagers. 

Kenny's insights and writings on parenting-related topics have been featured in publications such as Readers’ Digest Asia, Straits Time’s Mind Your Body, Young Parents, Today’s Parents, Family Magazine, Mother and Baby, and Young Families.  He is also the author of The NEW RULE for Positive Parenting eBook available for download at IAP homepage. 


Comments from Past Participants

"This course has not only reinforced my personal conviction of what positive parenting methodology consisted of, but what it could be if we only change our modus operandi and also our context (worldview). It will benefit all who want to be a parenting coach or even a better parent."

~ Dr. Phoon Chek Yat, Education Director and Pastor

"This course will give you a fresh paradigm in parenting and improve the relationship you will have with your children and bring the quality of parenting efforts to new levels."

~ Dr. Sally Lam, Director of Children's, Family & Women's Ministries

"Challenges and transforms old ways of thinking and parenting.  It is not just for parenting coaches, but teachers, trainers and anyone who works with children and teenagers."

~ Michelle Lim, Executive Coach

"A great discussion and confirmation of much clarification that helps me to have a more comprehensive integration of the Bible, parenting dilemmas, and children development."

 ~ Kevin Chan, Recruitment Manager and former Pastor

Listen to what past participants say about this course (Click on PLAY to begin)


Next Intake:  2 August, 2010

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