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Classroom Instruction Courses: Family Involvement		  
 

CEU 2134 Multi-Dimensional Parent Coaching (2.2 units)
Provides new insights into parent coaching using a unique systems approach developed by the Parent Coaching Institute. Examines the differences and similarities between coaching, counseling, mentoring and consulting models and shares the important differences in more effective parent coaches. Presents the principles of living systems and affirmative inquiry through the lens of applicability to parent coaching. Explores family and cultural systems affecting today's parents. Introduces the "Vital Five" (critical developmental needs for children and teens) and encourages parents to focus on important vital signs with their children. Equivalent: EDCA 5917.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Winter 2010 26919 DeGaetano, Gloria (2.2 units)
Arranged Arranged
(Also available under EDCA 5917 (8 credits))
Tuition: $30 flat fee
Register: Pre-registration is required by calling the Parent Coaching Institute at 425/401-1519.
Fees: Additional $1450 course and materials fee payable to the Parent Coaching Institute. Course medium: print.
Summer 2009 60331 DeGaetano, Gloria (2.2 units)
Arranged Arranged
(Also available under EDCA 5917 (8 credits))
Tuition: $30 flat fee
Register: Preregistration is required by calling the Parent Coaching Institute at 425/401-1519.
Fees: Additional $1450 course and materials fee payable to the Parent Coaching Institute. Course medium: print.
Autumn 2009 7893 DeGaetano, Gloria (2.2 units)
Arranged Arranged
(Also available under EDCA 5917 (8 credits))
Tuition: $30 flat fee
Register: Pre-registration is required by calling the Parent Coaching Institute at 425/401-1519.
Fees: Additional $1450 course and materials fee payable to the Parent Coaching Institute. Course medium: print.

CEU 2135 Coaching Parents to Confront the "Third Parent" (2.2 units)
Explores why the media culture acts as the "third parent," disseminating attitudes, values and behaviors and constantly challenging parental standards for their children. Provides the most up-to-date research on how the media environment affects learning, literacy, motivation, self-image and moral and spiritual development. Offers proven strategies, assessment inventories and family activities for supporting parents effectively in a media age. Topics include coaching parents with their child's maximum cognitive and emotional health in mind; specific ways to help parents confront our consumer-oriented culture; and strategies coaches can use to help families build strong foundations in a media age. Equivalent: EDCA 5918.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Winter 2010 26921 DeGaetano, Gloria (2.2 units)
Arranged Arranged
(Also available under EDCA 5918 (8 credits))
Tuition: $30 flat fee
Register: Pre-registration is required by calling the Parent Coaching Institute at 425/401-1519.
Fees: Additional $1450 course and materials fee payable to the Parent Coaching Institute. Course medium: print.
Summer 2009 60333 DeGaetano, Gloria (2.2 units)
Arranged Arranged
(Also available under EDCA 5918 (8 credits))
Tuition: $30 flat fee
Register: Preregistration is required by calling the Parent Coaching Institute at 425/401-1519.
Fees: Additional $1450 course and materials fee payable to the Parent Coaching Institute. Course medium: print.
Autumn 2009 7895 DeGaetano, Gloria (2.2 units)
Arranged Arranged
(Also available under EDCA 5918 (8 credits))
Tuition: $30 flat fee
Register: Pre-registration is required by calling the Parent Coaching Institute at 425/401-1519.
Fees: Additional $1450 course and materials fee payable to the Parent Coaching Institute. Course medium: print.

CEU 2365 Coaching Parents to Appreciate the Wonder Within (2.2 units)
Provides a framework of affirming principles and a compilation of practical strategies to help parents effectively support and enhance their children's school success. Recognizes the parental ability to focus on their own and their children's internal strengths. Examines three important areas for assisting parents within the current educational paradigm: the roles of parenting styles and children's behaviors; the usefulness of intrinsic motivation techniques to engage new levels of aliveness; capacity and creativity within the family; and key components for parents to become effective, appreciative advocates for their children. Uses the Parent Coaching Institute model as a basis for listening, communicating and encouraging parents to take action in the best interest of their children. Equivalent: EDCN 5174.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Winter 2010 26923 DeGaetano, Gloria (2.2 units)
Arranged Arranged
(Also available under EDCN 5174 (8 credits))
Tuition: $30 flat fee
Register: Pre-registration is required by calling the Parent Coaching Institute at 425/401-1519.
Fees: Additional $1450 course and materials fee payable to the Parent Coaching Institute. Course medium: print.
Summer 2009 60335 DeGaetano, Gloria (2.2 units)
Arranged Arranged
(Also available under EDCN 5174 (8 credits))
Tuition: $30 flat fee
Register: Preregistration is required by calling the Parent Coaching Institute at 425/401-1519.
Fees: Additional $1450 course and materials fee payable to the Parent Coaching Institute. Course medium: print.
Autumn 2009 7897 DeGaetano, Gloria (2.2 units)
Arranged Arranged
(Also available under EDCN 5174 (8 credits))
Tuition: $30 flat fee
Register: Pre-registration is required by calling the Parent Coaching Institute at 425/401-1519.
Fees: Additional $1450 course and materials fee payable to the Parent Coaching Institute. Course medium: print.

CEU 2420 Transformational Parent Coaching (2.2 units)
Guides participants in rethinking and designing productive approaches to help parents understand the power they hold to effect positive change in the world. Offers innovative ideas and exciting strategies for helping families move from a culture of despair to one of hope and vision, and how teachers, counselors, parent educators, mentors and coaches can be involved. Examines current issues and future trends from textbooks along with tips, models and resources from the course notebook and other sources. Includes new methods for understanding the seminal role of literacy to further democratic principles. Describes ways for replacing family problem-solving practices with transformational processes. Nurtures skills and competencies for mastering the change process. Illustrates the power of using the monastic option and cultivating a small field. Aids in understanding of the adult life cycle and its impact on renewal and productivity. Equivalent: EDCN 5232.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Winter 2010 26925 DeGaetano, Gloria (2.2 units)
Arranged Arranged
Tuition: $30 flat fee
Register: Pre-registration is required by calling the Parent Coaching Institute at 425/401-1519.
Fees: Additional $1450 course and materials fee payable to the Parent Coaching Institute. Course medium: print.
Summer 2009 60337 DeGaetano, Gloria (2.2 units)
Arranged Arranged
(Also available under EDCN 5232 (8 credits))
Tuition: $30 flat fee
Register: Preregistration is required by calling the Parent Coaching Institute at 425/401-1519.
Fees: Additional $1450 course and materials fee payable to the Parent Coaching Institute. Course medium: Print.
Autumn 2009 7900 DeGaetano, Gloria (2.2 units)
Arranged Arranged
(Also available under EDCN 5232 (8 credits))
Tuition: $30 flat fee
Register: Pre-registration is required by calling the Parent Coaching Institute at 425/401-1519.
Fees: Additional $1450 course and materials fee payable to the Parent Coaching Institute. Course medium: print.

EDCA 5917 Multi-Dimensional Parent Coaching (8 credits)
Provides new insights into parent coaching using a unique systems approach developed by the Parent Coaching Institute. Examines the differences and similarities between coaching, counseling, mentoring and consulting models and shares the important differences in more effective parent coaches. Presents the principles of living systems and affirmative inquiry through the lens of applicability to parent coaching. Explores family and cultural systems affecting today's parents. Introduces the "Vital Five" (critical developmental needs for children and teens) and encourages parents to focus on important vital signs with their children. Equivalent: CEU 2134.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Winter 2010 26918 DeGaetano, Gloria (8 credits)
Arranged Arranged
(Also available under CEU 2134 (2.2 Units))
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: Pre-registration is required by calling the Parent Coaching Institute at 425/401-1519.
Fees: Additional $1450 course and materials fee payable to the Parent Coaching Institute. Course medium: print.
Summer 2009 60330 DeGaetano, Gloria (8 credits)
Arranged Arranged
(Also available under CEU 2134 (2.2 Units))
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: Preregistration is required by calling the Parent Coaching Institute at 425/401-1519.
Fees: Additional $1450 course and materials fee payable to the Parent Coaching Institute. Course medium: print.
Autumn 2009 7892 DeGaetano, Gloria (8 credits)
Arranged Arranged
(Also available under CEU 2134 (2.2 Units))
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: Pre-registration is required by calling the Parent Coaching Institute at 425/401-1519.
Fees: Additional $1450 course and materials fee payable to the Parent Coaching Institute. Course medium: print.

EDCA 5918 Coaching Parents to Confront the "Third Parent" (8 credits)
Explores why the media culture acts as the "third parent," disseminating attitudes, values and behaviors and constantly challenging parental standards for their children. Provides the most up-to-date research on how the media environment affects learning, literacy, motivation, self-image and moral and spiritual development. Offers proven strategies, assessment inventories and family activities for supporting parents effectively in a media age. Topics include coaching parents with their child's maximum cognitive and emotional health in mind; specific ways to help parents confront our consumer-oriented culture; and strategies coaches can use to help families build strong foundations in a media age. Equivalent: CEU 2135.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Winter 2010 26920 DeGaetano, Gloria (8 credits)
Arranged Arranged
(Also available under CEU 2135 (2.2 Units))
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: Pre-registration is required by calling the Parent Coaching Institute at 425/401-1519.
Fees: Additional $1450 course and materials fee payable to the Parent Coaching Institute. Course medium: print.
Summer 2009 60332 DeGaetano, Gloria (8 credits)
Arranged Arranged
(Also available under CEU 2135 (2.2 Units))
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: Preregistration is required by calling the Parent Coaching Institute at 425/401-1519.
Fees: Additional $1450 course and materials fee payable to the Parent Coaching Institute. Course medium: print.
Autumn 2009 7894 DeGaetano, Gloria (8 credits)
Arranged Arranged
(Also available under CEU 2135 (2.2 Units))
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: Pre-registration is required by calling the Parent Coaching Institute at 425/401-1519.
Fees: Additional $1450 course and materials fee payable to the Parent Coaching Institute. Course medium: print.

EDCN 5174 Coaching Parents to Appreciate the Wonder Within (8 credits)
Provides a framework of affirming principles and a compilation of practical strategies to help parents effectively support and enhance their children's school success. Recognizes the parental ability to focus on their own and their children's internal strengths. Examines three important areas for assisting parents within the current educational paradigm: the roles of parenting styles and children's behaviors; the usefulness of intrinsic motivation techniques to engage new levels of aliveness; capacity and creativity within the family; and key components for parents to become effective, appreciative advocates for their children. Uses the Parent Coaching Institute model as a basis for listening, communicating and encouraging parents to take action in the best interest of their children. Equivalent: CEU 2365.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Winter 2010 26922 DeGaetano, Gloria (8 credits)
Arranged Arranged
(Also available under CEU 2365 (2.2 Units))
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: Pre-registration is required by calling the Parent Coaching Institute at 425/401-1519.
Fees: Additional $1450 course and materials fee payable to the Parent Coaching Institute. Course medium: print.
Summer 2009 60334 DeGaetano, Gloria (8 credits)
Arranged Arranged
(Also available under CEU 2365 (2.2 Units))
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: Preregistration is required by calling the Parent Coaching Institute at 425/401-1519.
Fees: Additional $1450 course and materials fee payable to the Parent Coaching Institute. Course medium: print.
Autumn 2009 7896 DeGaetano, Gloria (8 credits)
Arranged Arranged
(Also available under CEU 2365 (2.2 Units))
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: Pre-registration is required by calling the Parent Coaching Institute at 425/401-1519.
Fees: Additional $1450 course and materials fee payable to the Parent Coaching Institute. Course medium: print.

EDCN 5232 Transformational Parent Coaching (8 credits)
Guides participants in rethinking and designing productive approaches to help parents understand the power they hold to effect positive change in the world. Offers innovative ideas and exciting strategies for helping families move from a culture of despair to one of hope and vision, and how teachers, counselors, parent educators, mentors and coaches can be involved. Examines current issues and future trends from textbooks along with tips, models and resources from the course notebook and other sources. Includes new methods for understanding the seminal role of literacy to further democratic principles. Describes ways for replacing family problem-solving practices with transformational processes. Nurtures skills and competencies for mastering the change process. Illustrates the power of using the monastic option and cultivating a small field. Aids in understanding of the adult life cycle and its impact on renewal and productivity. Equivalent: CEU 2420.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Winter 2010 26924 DeGaetano, Gloria (8 credits)
Arranged Arranged
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: Pre-registration is required by calling the Parent Coaching Institute at 425/401-1519.
Fees: Additional $1450 course and materials fee payable to the Parent Coaching Institute. Course medium: print.
Summer 2009 60336 DeGaetano, Gloria (8 credits)
Arranged Arranged
(Also available under CEU 2420 (2.2 Units))
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: Preregistration is required by calling the Parent Coaching Institute at 425/401-1519.
Fees: Additional $1450 course and materials fee payable to the Parent Coaching Institute. Course medium: Print.
Autumn 2009 7899 DeGaetano, Gloria (8 credits)
Arranged Arranged
(Also available under CEU 2420 (2.2 Units))
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: Pre-registration is required by calling the Parent Coaching Institute at 425/401-1519.
Fees: Additional $1450 course and materials fee payable to the Parent Coaching Institute. Course medium: print.

 
 
 

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