Description: Video introduction to the Coaching in Context model and the application of this model to professional practice. Coaching in Context is a skillful, constructive dialogue that involves client-driven interactions, reflective listening, coach presence, and powerful questioning to create awareness, solutions, and action plans to challenges that interfere with a client participating in required and desired everyday activities.
Duration: 30 minutes
Cost: Free
Description: The Coaching in Context model is a strengths-based, solution-focused, client-driven approach based in conversations that can be used by health, rehabilitation, and other professionals. The model promotes client engagement in their care, fosters clients’ identification of meaningful goals and the development of strategies adapted to their context, and ultimately supports goal achievement. The model is used across clinical populations and settings. It also has applicability in professional education and management contexts.
Workshop Objectives:
Duration: 2 hours
Cost: $25 for 1 month of access to the on-demand video
Description: Coaching is a conversation-based approach that can be used with students, their families, or school personnel to support the identification of insights and solutions, and to develop plans that foster progress towards their IEP goals. Coaching will help you empower and engage students and their IEP teams and support the development of recommendations that are more likely to be implemented. This on-demand workshop will introduce you to Coaching in Context, an interprofessional model of coaching that can be used within school-based practice.
Duration: 2 hours
Cost: $25 for 1 month of access to the on-demand video
Description: Part 2 of the Coaching for School-Based Practice Workshop to support you in practicing skills discussed in Part 1 in a scaffolded and structured manner. As an on-demand video, you will be asked to pause the recording and practice skills with family and friends, then return to the video.
Duration: 2 hours
Cost: $25 for 1 month of access to the on-demand video
Description: Coaching in Context is a strengths-based, solution-focused, client-driven approach based in conversations that healthcare and social service professionals can use to foster the achievement of their clients' self-identified goals. Infusing the principles of Coaching in Context into your more 'traditional' professional practice has the potential to maximize outcomes for your clients. Workshop objectives including gaining knowledge about coaching and its principles, understanding the role of coaching in your clinical rehabilitation practice, and gaining skills in using the basic elements of coaching to engage colleagues, clients, and care partners in identifying strategies to make progress towards clients' goals.
Duration: 2 hours
Cost: $25 for 1 month of access to the on-demand video
Description: This video lecture explores the neurological basis of coaching. Through this lecture, you will learn about the coaching response to stress as well as how coaching relates to neuroplasticity.
Duration: 40 minutes
Cost: Free
Description: This video lecture defines trauma and trauma-informed care, explains how to recognize signs and symptoms of trauma, and how trauma-informed care impacts the client experience. This interactive lecture will help you learn how to apply trauma-informed care to coaching.
Duration: 40 minutes
Cost: Free
Description: This brief video lecture provides an overview of locus of control theory and its application within the Coaching in Context model.
Duration: 20 minutes
Cost: Free
Date/Time: Offered Upon Request
Description: The Coaching in Context model is a strengths-based, solution-focused, client-driven approach based in conversations that can be used by health, rehabilitation, and other professionals. The model promotes client engagement in their care, fosters clients’ identification of meaningful goals and the development of strategies adapted to their context, and ultimately supports goal achievement. The model is used across clinical populations and settings. It also has applicability in professional education and management contexts.
Workshop Objectives:
Location: Live virtual interactive workshop using a distance-learning platform (i.e., Zoom). Participants will need a computer, laptop or tablet with internet connectivity enabling them to use Zoom. Participants are encouraged to have a web-camera and microphone to engage in the interactive component of this workshop.
Cost: $30
Presenters: Marie-Christine Potvin and Nicole Gerhardt
Date/Time: Offered Upon Request
Description: Have you heard the term “coaching” but wonder what it truly means? Are you looking for ways to better engage your clients in your services? Are you feeling frustrated with ‘non-compliant’ clients? Are you looking to expand your skillset with clients, students, or colleagues?
Coaching is a skilled conversation that fosters client identification of solutions to meet their goals. Coaching engages clients and puts them in the driver's seat toward their goal attainment. Through this 3-session interactive workshop, you will learn about the coaching mindset, acquire practical skills, and explore the value of coaching to your professional practice. You will also be introduced to the Coaching in Context Model.
If so, join us for this three-day interactive workshop, where you’ll gain insights into coaching, discover its fundamental elements, and acquire practical takeaways that can be integrated into your professional and everyday life experiences.
Workshop Objectives:
Location: A Zoom Link will be provided after registration. Participants will need a computer, laptop or tablet with internet connectivity enabling them to use Zoom. Participants are encouraged to have a web-camera and microphone to engage in the interactive component of this workshop.
Cost: $350 OR register by August 1st for a discounted rate of $300
Presenters: Marie-Christine Potvin, PhD, OTR/L, CPPC; Nicole Gerhardt, OTD, OTR/L, CPPC
Contact: Marie-Christine.Potvin@jefferson.edu
Marie-Christine Potvin, PhD, OTR/L is an occupational therapist with more than 20 years of clinical experience in pediatric in various settings and states. She is an experienced instructor who has taught courses and workshops related to interprofessional pediatric topics. Her primary research interests are two folds, one related to the empowerment of children, youth and young adults with disability and their parents to reach their own participation goals, the other related to employing effective teaching-learning strategies. She has published 18 peer-reviewed articles, three professional magazine articles and a book chapter.
MJ Mulcahey, PhD, OTR/L is an occupational therapist over 30 years of experience in clinical care, research and education. Dr. Mulcahey has studied coaching as a complimentary approach to support persons living with and affected by chronic conditions. She has completed formal training in coaching and is a certified competent coach and certified Health Coach. She is currently completing a certification in Positive Psychology Coaching. Dr. Mulcahey has extramural and intramural grant funding to examine the feasibility and outcomes of coaching persons with and affected by chronic conditions such as spinal cord injury, stroke, autism, and developmental disabilities. Her interest in coaching is catalyzed by a belief in persons’ capacity to live a great life, despite health conditions.
Nicole Gerhardt, OTD, OTR/L is an occupational therapist, certified brain injury specialist, and certified positive psychology coach. Within her research roles, she is responsible for managing and coordinating research studies, assisting with the creation of outcome and fidelity measures, and serving as an interventionist in studies pertaining to neurological issues. Her clinical background includes pediatric inpatient rehabilitation, as well as post-acute adult neuro-rehabilitation, with a particular emphasis on helping individuals return to their communities after an acquired brain injury. Over the past 5 years, Nicole has been immersed in the area of coaching, with involvement in coaching studies, workshops, and courses.