Dear Parents
We know that your kids mean everything to you.
That's why we never agree to a coaching and mentoring project without talking to you first, and involving you in the process.
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We have created this page to address the important questions that you need to be answered so that you feel reassured that your son or daughter is going to be well looked after.
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It may be that we have missed something. If so, please do not hesitate to contact us and Ricardo will get back to you personally.
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Who will be coaching and mentoring my son or daughter?
Our Founder & CEO Ricardo Erasmus will be coaching your son or daughter.
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Ricardo Erasmus has over twenty year's experience working with youth across the UK, USA and South Africa.
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He worked with Sporting Marvels, led a Youth Programme for a large Cardiff-based organisation and has provided school services through Paradigm Shift for a number of years.
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He is also a qualified life coach.
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Ricardo has created a carefully designed, tailored programme that helps to get the best from all students - no matter their background, experiences, behavioural profile and current performance.
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Ricardo is a sought after speaker for events, and has been featured on Changing Education Group, Radio Cardiff and other major media.
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What do you do in the sessions?
Every young person is different so we tailor our sessions according to their unique needs, barriers, goals etc.
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That said, the principles of coaching and mentoring are tried, tested and fixed (albeit applied differently).
Let me give you an example of some of the core topics we have helped young people with:
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Self-talk
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Knowing your worth
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Power of thoughts and feelings
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Building confidence
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Breaking limiting beliefs
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Resilience
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Relationships
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Rights v responsibilities
What safeguarding measures do you have in place?
We have a strict safeguarding policy in place - meeting all of the legislative and recommendation for creating safe environments for young people. You can see this in full here.
Furthermore, Ricardo routinely has DBS checks any time he works in schools or other youth establishments.
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We actively encourage parents to meet Ricardo before they agree to their son or daughter working with him.
What involvement do parents have in the coaching & mentoring process?
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We strongly encourage that the parent meets with Ricardo prior to the first session so that he can explain the process and give you tips on how to help your son or daughter between sessions.
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Whilst there is a need for confidentiality to ensure our students can be open and transparent, we do actively encourage parental involvement in the process. By way of example, we regularly do a 'wrapping up' session with the parent and student to discuss ways that they can continue the upwards trajectory even when our sessions have stopped.
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We also provide workshops for parents to teach them the coaching skills that lead to improved parent-child relationships and outcomes. You can find out more about that course here.
How have previous youth clients responded to your coaching and mentoring?
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We have helped hundreds of young people. For some, our coaching and mentoring has helped them to reach the very top of their profession. For example, we have youths to reach their potential in professional sports, acting and more.
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For others, we have helped them overcome major barriers both in terms of confidence and destructive behaviours. This has led to better relationships at home and school, higher performance and has helped to overcome some really difficult pasts.
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Many of our students live have no relationship with their father, something Ricardo experienced personally as a kid. Quite often the coaching and mentoring process with Ricardo results in healing and gives them the confidence to move on with life.
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Parental Coaching Workshop
To truly help our children, we need to learn how to coach them through life. It is so important that Carey Casey, the former CEO of the National Institute for Fathering and the Founder and CEO of Championship Fathering labels coaching one of his three critical parenting responsibilities (alongside 'love' and 'modelling'.
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This course will teach you how to coach your children through the challenges and opportunities of life.
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For full details on the course, and the cost, contact Ricardo today!
