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What is coaching and how does it work?

If your child needs to build specific skills so they can make the team for a sport you’ve never played, you’d probably turn to a coach for help. Someone with experience and a high level of training. Behavioral health coaching works the same way, but these coaches are highly trained to understand your child’s brain, behavior, and emotions. 

As a caregiver, you know what it means to support a child. But life can put you in situations you’ve never been in before. Stress can skyrocket and answers can be hard to find. Think of a coach as a skilled parenting partner. Someone on your side who hears your concerns and encourages you to learn new approaches, strategies, and solutions. 

With coaching, you become a stronger parent. Your child gets stronger, too.

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About coaching

BrightLife Kids offers a few different kinds of support for parents and kids. Sometimes, especially with kids who are really young or aren’t able to engage in coaching themselves, parent coaching is the best way to start. When a child is a bit older, parents and kids might be in sessions together. And at the upper elementary or preteen level, a lot of sessions are held 1:1 between the child and the coach (with a parent nearby and always in the loop). We also have group coaching for parents, which is a place for caregivers to find community, support, and common ground with others. Our first group coaching sessions are focused on dads and father figures with kids under age three.

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