COACHING AND UNLOCKING POTENTIAL IN UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN
About Course
This course focuses on coaching strategies to unlock potential in underprivileged children. Participants will examine the circumstances affecting these children, building effective coaching relationships, assessing needs, and fostering empowerment. The course covers emotional intelligence, cultural competence, addressing trauma, and evaluating outcomes. Biblical principles guide coaching approaches alongside practical strategies for academic achievement, leadership, and self-confidence. Through a practicum, students will apply coaching skills with underprivileged children. The course equips them to coach effectively, integrating faith-based principles with practical tools for coaching in diverse contexts. Participants will develop skills for sustaining coaching relationships and evaluating outcomes for impactful coaching.
Course Objectives
- Equip students with coaching strategies to unlock potential in underprivileged children from a Christian perspective.
- Explore Biblical principles guiding coaching approaches for underprivileged children.
- Develop skills for building effective coaching relationships with underprivileged children.
- Foster empowerment, emotional intelligence, and cultural competence in coaching.
Course Content
Module 1: Circumstances of Underprivileged Children
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Topic: Understanding the environments of underprivileged children.
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Objective: Explore the circumstances affecting underprivileged children.
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Learning outcome: Students understand key contexts of underprivileged children.
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Bible Reading: Isaiah 1:17 (Advocating for justice for the vulnerable).
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Book reading: Smith, J. (2020). Youth Ministry in the Church. Baker Academic. (Chapter 2).
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Assignment: Reflect on the contexts of underprivileged children by conducting a community observation of underprivileged children’s circumstances.
Module 2: Coaching Principles for Child Development
Module 3: Building Effective Coaching Relationships
Module 4: Assessing Needs and Potentials
Module 5: Empowerment Strategies for Children
Module 6: Overcoming Barriers to Success
Module 7: Fostering Emotional Intelligence and Resilience
Module 8: Coaching for Academic Achievement
Module 9: Encouraging Leadership and Initiative
Module 10: Developing Self-Awareness and Self-Confidence
Module 11: Addressing Challenges and Trauma
Module 12: Collaboration with Families and Communities
Module 13: Cultural Competence in Coaching
Module 14: Evaluating Coaching Outcomes
Module 15: Sustaining Coaching Relationships
Module 16: Practicum: Coaching Practice with Underprivileged Children
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