New Ways for Families® Coaches Training for the Online Class

FOR: coaches, attorneys, mediators, parenting coordinators, others who coach divorce clients

FOCUS: learning a structured, skills-focused method for coaching divorce clients through the online New Ways for Families class

NEW WAYS FOR FAMILIES®

A METHOD OF TEACHING AND REINFORCING FOUR SIMPLE CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILLS FOR PARENTS USING THE ONLINE CLASS VERSION OF NEW WAYS FOR FAMILIES.

Instructor: Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.

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Would you like to help parents learn the necessary skills to manage a high conflict co-parenting situation?

Coaching with the New Ways for Families Online Class is designed to reinforce and strengthen the co-parenting skills that are learned in the 12-session class.

How it Works

Coach: Complete the New Ways for Families Coaches Training
Coach: Start coaching parents in any setting: in a court program; in an agency; in your private practice
Parent: register for the class (you are welcome to include a link from your site to the course options)
Parent: sign up with you for coaching with the class. They take the classes at their convenience and then meet with you for coaching.

***This class can be used by parents to fulfill their state's mandatory parent education requirement.

What Parents Learn

The class focuses on teaching parents 4 Big Skills that they can apply in any co-parenting interaction or situation:

managed emotions
flexible thinking,
moderate behavior, and
checking yourself

After learning these game-changing skills, parents learn to apply them in co-parenting interactions. The first four sessions teach the 4 Big Skills, then the remaining sessions apply the skills to many situations including a child’s brain development, healthcare, and school decisions, step-parent issues, and avoiding becoming a high conflict case.

For example, in a typically hostile exchange scenario, instead of using all-or-nothing thinking, parents learn to analyze their options in advance by using the flexible thinking skill. Using this skill also helps them manage their emotions and avoid extreme behaviors. Ultimately, these actions result in checking themselves. Then the parent uses the BIFF Response® method to communicate via email or text, and then use the EAR Statement™ method for verbal interactions during the exchange.

Training Includes

PowerPoint presentations/lecture
video clips
role-play practice exercises
opportunity for questions and discussion of difficult situations throughout the training
monthly Q & A session with Bill Eddy (via Zoom) after the training
licensure to provide New Ways for Families (first year license included in the training fee; $25 each year thereafter)
a certificate of completion
membership and access to New Ways for Families Network (a forum for New Ways providers)
discounts on other HCI training

Intended Audience

Divorce coaches, lawyers, parenting coordinators, counselors or anyone with graduate-level training and qualifications with experience who wants to learn the coaching method for the online class

Length

12 training hours + breaks, which includes:

4 hours Video On Demand
8 hours (4 hours/day over 2 days) of Livestream training via Zoom

Dates & Times

2024

Mar 5th and 7th, 3pm - 7pm Pacific-North America Time (San Diego) and for Australia, due to the timezone, this will be Mar 6th and 8th, 10am to 2pm AEDT

May 9th and 10th, 9am - 1pm Pacific-North America Time (San Diego)

Sept 3rd and 5th, 3pm - 7pm Pacific-North America Time (San Diego) and for Australia, due to the timezone, this will be Sept 4th and 6th, 8am to 12midday AEST

November 26th and 28th, 9am - 1pm Pacific-North America Time (San Diego)

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PLEASE NOTE: Dates and times are subject to change | postponement | cancellation at any time.

Agenda

See below or download PDF version here

Part 1: Understanding and Managing High Conflict Personalities
Completed On Demand

IMPORTANT: This first part will be two 90-minute webinars and one 60-minute demonstration video, to be viewed at the participant’s convenience before “live” Parts 2 & 3.

Section 1: 90 minutes
To work effectively with potentially high conflict clients, professionals must understand some of their different ways of thinking, feelings, and behavior. This webinar provides an overview of five high conflict personality disorders, their common behavior patterns, how to identify them, tips for working with them, and what NOT to do in working with them.

Section 2: 90 minutes
High conflict brain dynamics will be briefly explained, then the CARS Method® will be provided for managing high conflict individuals in any setting, including Connecting with Empathy, Attention and Respect; Analyzing Options, including Making Proposals; Responding to Misinformation including the BIFF Response®; and Setting Limits on high conflict behavior. The 4 Big Skills of all New Ways methods will be introduced: managed emotions, flexible thinking, moderate behavior, and checking yourself.

Section 3: 60 minutes
A demonstration video, titled Intro for Coaching with the Online Class, will introduce the online class and how to navigate around it. The content of the twelve class units will be explored, including class material, video clips, written practice exercises, and quizzes.

Part 2: Using the Coaching Manual and Coaching Exercise

Section 1: 90 minutes
The Coaching Manual will be introduced with explanations of the role of the coach as compared to that of a counselor, lawyer, and mediator. Setting up the coaching sessions will be addressed, including qualifications for coaches, whether to coach one or both parties, session structure, fees, confidentiality, dealing with other professionals involved in the case, and ethical limitations of coaching. Handling special issues will be addressed, including client resistance, domestic violence issues, and child alienation.

15 MINUTE BREAK

Section 2: 90 minutes
During this part of the training, we will practice the first coaching session, including setting it up, establishing your coaching relationship, discussing what the client has learned from the online class so far, reviewing the client’s writing, explaining and practicing “giving yourself encouraging statements,” and discussing how to apply this skill in the coming week.

15 MINUTE BREAK

Section 3: 60 minutes
We will debrief the first coaching session with feedback from each practice pair about what worked and what questions they have. Procedural issues, content issues, dealing with client resistance, and other issues will be discussed in preparation for the next coaching session.

Part 3: Coaching Exercises and Promoting Your Practice

Section 1: 90 minutes
We will practice doing Coaching session #2, with an emphasis on helping the client practice the 3-step method for Making Proposals using a hypothetical situation first, then applying this method with a real scenario that the client suggests. Then the coach and client will practice BIFF Responses and coaching for BIFF Responses.

15 MINUTE BREAK

Section 2: 90 minutes
We will practice doing Coaching session #3 as a last coaching session (keeping in mind that some coaches will be doing six or twelve sessions total). The coach will practice reviewing the client’s agenda of issues for discussion, making sure to reinforce all 4 Big Skills and including at least one more practice exercise with the client.

15 MINUTE BREAK

Section 3: 60 minutes
This final training session will include remaining questions about the method. Then we will discuss how to sign up for listing as a New Ways Coach with the Online Class on the High Conflict Institute website, tips for promoting your NWFF counseling practice, and how to work with court systems, judges, and lawyers for referrals.

Learning Objectives

What Others Are Saying About New Ways - Testimonials

About Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.

Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. is the co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of the High Conflict Institute in San Diego, California. He pioneered the High Conflict Personality Theory (HCP) and has become an expert on managing disputes involving people with high conflict personalities. He was the Senior Family Mediator at the National Conflict Resolution Center for 15 years, a Certified Family Law Specialist lawyer representing clients in family court for 15 years, and a licensed clinical social worker therapist with over 12 years of experience.

Bill serves on the faculty of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law in California and is a Conjoint Associate Professor with the University of Newcastle Law School in Australia. He has been a speaker and trainer in over 35 U.S. states and 13 countries.

He is the author or co-author of over 20 books, manuals, and workbooks. He is co-host of the podcast It's All Your Fault that he co-hosts with Megan Hunter, MBA, and has a popular blog on the Psychology Today website with over 6 million views.

After You Register

1. Please purchase 1 hardcopy of 'New Ways for Families Online Coaching Manual' via High Conflict Institute BOOKSTORE or Amazon (Required for the livestream components of the training.)

The coaching manual takes you through step by step how to provide coaching sessions to your client's.

2. You will have instant and unlimited access to view the following:

Part 1 On-Demand

Understanding High Conflict People 90 mins

Managing High Conflict People 90 mins (recommended viewing prior to livestream part 2 and 3.)

Overview of the Coaching Method 60 mins

PLUS in your own time view BONUS material:

New Ways for Families® Pre-Mediation Coaching
New Ways for Families® Decision Skills Class

We will provide you with the following for the training approximately 1 week prior:

Materials (PowerPoint PDF; articles, exercises)
Zoom link for Part 2 and Part 3 Livestream training

Books required for the training. We do not provide hard copies of the following:

New Ways for Families Online Coaching Manual
**Don't forget to purchase your hard copy of the New Ways for Families® Online Coaching Manual. (Author Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.) - The manual is referenced during the livestream training. Purchase from our BOOKSTORE

_{A Certificate of Completion is emailed upon completion of the entire training (Part 1, 2 and 3.)}

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New Ways for Families® Coaches Training for the Online Class

NEW WAYS FOR FAMILIES®

A METHOD OF TEACHING AND REINFORCING FOUR SIMPLE CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILLS FOR PARENTS USING THE ONLINE CLASS VERSION OF NEW WAYS FOR FAMILIES.

Would you like to help parents learn the necessary skills to manage a high conflict co-parenting situation?

Training Includes

Intended Audience

Length

Dates & Times

2024

Agenda

Agenda

Part 1: Understanding and Managing High Conflict PersonalitiesCompleted On Demand

Part 2: Using the Coaching Manual and Coaching Exercise

Part 3: Coaching Exercises and Promoting Your Practice

Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

What Others Are Saying About New Ways - Testimonials

About Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.

After You Register

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Part 1: Understanding and Managing High Conflict Personalities
Completed On Demand