Continued Professional Development for CADP Coaches
Deepen your skills, expand your practice in Child, Adolescent Development & Parenting (CADP) Coaching
Empowering Parents. Supporting
Growing Minds.
Whether you are a trained CADP Coach or a practitioner with a passion for supporting children, adolescents, and families, our continued professional development services are designed to enrich your coaching journey. Rooted in the principles of Child/Adolescent Development and Parenting (CADP) Coaching, both CADP Mentoring and Supervision and the CADP Masterclass offer reflective, skill-building experiences that deepen your understanding, enhance your presence, and connect you with a like-minded professional community committed to meaningful impact.
CADP Group Mentoring and Supervision
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A Transformational Space for Reflective Practice, Advanced Learning, and Professional Growth
The CADP Mentoring & Supervision Program is a professional development journey designed to elevate the competence, confidence, and presence of coaches working within the complex and sensitive domains of child, adolescent, parenting, and family development.
Informed by both the International Coaching Federation (ICF) Core Competencies and the CADP (Child/Adolescent Development and Parenting) Coaching Framework, this program offers a unique opportunity for coaches to deepen their coaching practice through a developmental lens. It provides structured support through mentoring, supervision, and practicum-based feedback, helping coaches refine their skills and navigate real-world coaching dynamics with clarity, compassion, and ethical rigor.
This is not just a learning space, it’s a reflective, interactive, and professional container where coaches come together to:
- Revisit and explore advanced coaching competencies emphasizing the use of coaching competencies when working with parents and minors
- Integrate CADP-specific applications into your practice
- Receive guided mentorship from experienced CADP coach educators and peers
- Engage in peer learning through real coaching scenarios
- Strengthen your capacity to coach minors, families, and caregivers with developmentally attuned approaches.
Whether you are a CADP graduate looking to further your growth, or a practitioner eager to bridge into child and family coaching, this program will equip you with the insights, tools, and reflective depth needed to coach responsibly and powerfully in these spaces.
You’ll walk away with a renewed understanding of how to embody a coaching mindset, maintain presence under pressure, build trust in diverse family systems, facilitate growth for clients across developmental stages, and many more.
Professional. Attuned. Impactful. This is where your continued journey begins.
- 10 hours of Interactive Mentoring Sessions in a Group Setting (via Zoom)
- Advanced ICF competency mentoring sessions emphasizing the use of coaching competencies when working with parents and minors
- Practicum-based supervision sessions with ICF markers-aligned feedback from Coach Educator
- Peer feedback and experiential learning
- Role plays, case discussions, and interactive activities
- ICF Competency Review Modules- In-depth exploration of ICF Core Competencies
- Session recordings and supplementary materials
Certification:
- Eligible for 10 ICF CCEUs
Prerequisite:
A prior understanding of ICF Core Competencies is required. Participants without ICF training must complete the pre-course, In-depth exploration of ICF Core Competencies review via the AMG platform.
$
500
For CADP Graduate
$
600
For Ignite Graduate
$
750
For Non-Ignite Member
Special Celebration Offer – Until May 14, 2025
To celebrate this occasion, we’re offering a remarkable opportunity:
When you enroll in our CADP Mentoring and Supervision Program before May 14, 2025, you’ll receive double the value at no additional cost—a unique chance to expand your skills, strengthen your confidence, and gain ongoing support in your professional journey.
This offer includes enhanced resources, extended mentoring access, and deeper integration with the CADP Coaching Framework—all designed to accelerate your growth as a child and adolescent development coach.
CADP Mentoring and Supervision
A Transformational Space for Reflective Practice, Advanced Learning, and Professional Growth
The CADP Mentoring & Supervision Program is a professional development journey designed to elevate the competence, confidence, and presence of coaches working within the complex and sensitive domains of child, adolescent, parenting, and family development.
Informed by both the International Coaching Federation (ICF) Core Competencies and the CADP (Child/Adolescent Development and Parenting) Coaching Framework, this program offers a unique opportunity for coaches to deepen their coaching practice through a developmental lens. It provides structured support through mentoring, supervision, and practicum-based feedback, helping coaches refine their skills and navigate real-world coaching dynamics with clarity, compassion, and ethical rigor.
This is not just a learning space, it’s a reflective, interactive, and professional container where coaches come together to:
- Revisit and explore advanced coaching competencies emphasizing the use of coaching competencies when working with parents and minors
- Integrate CADP-specific applications into your practice
- Receive guided mentorship from experienced CADP coach educators and peers
- Engage in peer learning through real coaching scenarios
- Strengthen your capacity to coach minors, families, and caregivers with developmentally attuned approaches.
Whether you are a CADP graduate looking to further your growth, or a practitioner eager to bridge into child and family coaching, this program will equip you with the insights, tools, and reflective depth needed to coach responsibly and powerfully in these spaces.
You’ll walk away with a renewed understanding of how to embody a coaching mindset, maintain presence under pressure, build trust in diverse family systems, facilitate growth for clients across developmental stages, and many more.
Professional. Attuned. Impactful. This is where your continued journey begins.
- 10 interactive Zoom sessions (2 hours each via Zoom)
- 5 Advanced ICF competency mentoring sessions emphasizing the use of coaching competencies when working with parents and minors
- 5 Practicum-based supervision sessions with ICF markers-aligned feedback from Coach Educator
- Peer feedback and experiential learning
- Role plays, case discussions, and interactive activities
- ICF Competency Review Modules- In-depth exploration of ICF Core Competencies
- Session recordings and supplementary materials
Certification:
- Eligible for 10 ICF CCEUs
Prerequisite:
A prior understanding of ICF Core Competencies is required. Participants without ICF training must complete the pre-course, In-depth exploration of ICF Core Competencies review via the AMG platform.
$
500
For CADP Graduate
$
600
For Ignite Graduate
$
750
Non-Ignite Member
Program Structure and Details
Dates & Topics
2 Hours/Session | Twice a Month | Thursdays
20:30 ICT - 9:30 ET - 2:30 BST - 23:30 AEST
| Date | Session Focus |
Competency or Activity (emphasizing the use of coaching competencies when working with parents and minors) |
|---|---|---|
|
15 May |
Advanced ICF Competency for CADP
|
ICF Competency 2: Embodies a Coaching Mindset 5: Maintains Presence |
|
29 May |
Coaching Practicum and Supervision
|
Peer coaching or recorded session supervision |
|
12 June |
Advanced ICF Competency for CADP |
ICF Competency 2: Embodies a Coaching Mindset 4: Cultivates Trust & Safety |
|
26 June |
Coaching Practicum and Supervision |
Peer coaching or recorded session supervision |
|
10 July |
Advanced ICF Competency for CADP |
ICF Competency 1: Demonstrates Ethical Practice 3: Establishes & Maintains Agreements |
|
24 July |
Coaching Practicum and Supervision |
Peer coaching or recorded session supervision |
|
07 August |
Advanced ICF Competency for CADP |
ICF Competency 5: Maintains Presence 6: Listens Actively |
|
28 August |
Coaching Practicum and Supervision |
Peer coaching or recorded session supervision |
|
11 September |
Advanced ICF Competency for CADP |
ICF Competency 7: Evokes Awareness 8: Facilitates Client Growth |
|
25 September |
Coaching Practicum and Supervision |
Peer coaching or recorded session supervision
|
CADP Group Masterclass
The CADP Masterclass is a recurring live group session series crafted for professional coaches working in the fields of child, adolescent, parenting, and family development. This program offers in-depth education on key developmental psychology, family science, and neurobiological principles essential for CADP coaches to understand their clients more holistically and work more effectively across ages and systems.
Every session offers a deep dive into a focused topic, facilitated through engaging discussion, live interaction, and access to additional learning materials.
This is a space for curious, reflective, and growth-oriented professional coaches to come together and refine the science behind your coaching excellence
Who is it for?
- CADP students and graduates
- Ignite Global graduates
- Non-CADP professional coaches or educators seeking to strengthen their child/family development knowledge
- Up to 20 Hours of Interactive Group Sessions via Zoom (Depending on the number of sessions you enroll)
- Session access is based on your selected registration tier — choose individual sessions or enroll in the full series for complete access.
- Focused learning on child developmental and family science
- Group discussions, activities, and scenario-based exploration
- Recordings available for review via the Awaken Mind Guide (AMG) platform
- Access to curated supplementary resources
$
50
For Single Session
$
200
(5 sessions)
For Half Series
$
300
(10 sessions)
For Full Series
Program Structure and Details
Schedule
2 Hours/Session | Twice a Month | Thursdays
18:30 ICT - 7:30 ET - 12:30 BST - 21:30 AEST
Attachment in Practice: Coaching for Connection, Security, and Relational Healing
Explore how to recognize and respond to attachment needs in both children and parents, and how to cultivate secure relationships through coaching.
Upcoming Lesson: Foundations of Attachment: Understanding Styles and Their Developmental Roots
Introduce Bowlby and Ainsworth’s work, the four primary attachment styles (secure, anxious, avoidant, disorganized), and how these form in early relationships. This session lays the groundwork for recognizing how attachment shapes behavior, identity, and relational patterns.
The Family Ecosystem: Mapping Roles, Patterns, and Intergenerational Influence
Learn how family dynamics operate beneath the surface and how to coach within multi-layered systems for sustainable change.
Upcoming Lesson: Structural Dynamics of Family Systems: Understanding Roles, Hierarchies, and Relational Patterns
Examine foundational principles of family systems theory, including role formation, subsystems (e.g., parental, sibling), and implicit family rules. Equip CADP coaches to identify recurring dynamics such as triangulation, parentification, and enmeshment, and understand their impact on individual development and relational functioning within the family unit.
Healing from the Roots: Coaching Through Childhood Adversities and Developmental Trauma
Understand the long-term impact of ACEs and trauma on development, behavior, and relationships and how to coach from a trauma-informed lens.
Upcoming Lesson: Understanding Developmental Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Examine the science and psychology behind ACEs, toxic stress, and developmental trauma. Discuss their impact on brain development, nervous system regulation, relational patterns, and behavioral expressions across the lifespan. Explore key research such as the original ACE Study and subsequent findings on long-term health and psychological outcomes.
Neurobiology of Parenting: The Nervous System as a Compass for Regulation and Connection
Unpack the science of co-regulation, dysregulation, and nervous system states, and how these influence behavior, bonding, and learning.
Upcoming Lesson: The Polyvagal Perspective: Understanding Autonomic States in Parents and Children
Introduce Dr. Stephen Porges’ Polyvagal Theory to explain how safety, connection, and defense responses are governed by the autonomic nervous system. Explore sympathetic activation, dorsal shutdown, and the role of the ventral vagal state in relational attunement and emotional regulation.
The Inner World of the Child: Coaching for Emotional and Social Development
Integrate Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory with real-world coaching techniques to support emotional intelligence and social confidence in children and adolescents.
Upcoming Lesson: Psychosocial Development Across Childhood and Adolescence: Erikson’s Stages in Practice
Introduce Erikson’s relevant psychosocial stages from “Autonomy vs. Shame” to “Identity vs. Role Confusion,” highlighting the emotional and social tasks that must be navigated. Discuss how coaching can support the resolution of these stages in age-appropriate and developmentally aligned ways.
Cognitive Growth and Neuroplasticity: Coaching the Thinking Child
Discover how children and adolescents develop reasoning, learning strategies, and problem-solving skills and how coaches can support this growth.
Upcoming Lesson: Stages of Cognitive Development: From Concrete Thinking to Abstract Reasoning
Explore Piaget’s stages, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational, and their implications for how children process information, understand cause and effect, use logic, and engage in perspective-taking. Translate each stage into practical coaching insights.
The Parent Behind the Behavior: Styles, Scripts, and the Coaching Path to Conscious Parenting
Analyze the impact of parenting styles and behaviors, and learn how to help caregivers move from reactive habits to intentional, attuned parenting.
Upcoming Lesson: Parenting Styles and Their Developmental Impact: From Authoritarian to Authoritative
Introduce Baumrind’s typology of parenting styles: authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, and neglectful. Explore how each style influences emotional regulation, autonomy, and attachment security in children. Discuss coaching implications for recognizing and reshaping these patterns.a
Adolescence in Transition: Supporting Identity, Agency, and Autonomy through Coaching
Navigate the complexity of adolescence by coaching through milestones, emotional turbulence, peer dynamics, and growing independence.
Upcoming Lesson: The Adolescent Brain: Neurological Rewiring and Emotional Sensitivity
Examine the neuroscience of adolescence, how changes in the prefrontal cortex, limbic system, and dopamine regulation shape risk-taking, heightened emotions, and social sensitivity. Equip coaches to hold space for ambiguity, fluctuation, and intensity with informed empathy.
Emotional Intelligence in Coaching: Guiding Emotional Awareness, Empathy, and Regulation
Explore how to cultivate and integrate emotional intelligence across all coaching relationships, child, adolescent, and parent. Learn how to support clients in recognizing, understanding, and managing emotions while fostering resilience, empathy, and emotional literacy as life skills.
Upcoming Lesson: Emotional Intelligence Through a Developmental Lens: What It Is, How It Grows, and Why It Matters in Coaching
Gain a clear understanding of emotional intelligence, its core components, its significance in human development, and how it evolves from early childhood to adolescence. Explore how emotional awareness, empathy, and regulation are shaped by caregiver interactions, brain development, and life experiences. Learn how to recognize emotional intelligence milestones and coach children, adolescents, and parents in cultivating these lifelong skills.
Learning Through Observation: Applying Social Learning Theory in Developmental Coaching
Dive into Bandura’s Social Learning Theory to uncover how children internalize behaviors, values, and identity through modeling. Learn how to coach parents and caregivers to become intentional role models and how to use observational learning principles to support positive behavior change in minors.
Upcoming Lesson: Foundations of Social Learning Theory: Core Concepts and Developmental Relevance
Introduce Bandura’s key concepts: observational learning, modeling, attention, retention, reproduction, and motivation, and explain their role in shaping behavior throughout childhood and adolescence. Discuss how social learning complements cognitive and emotional development.
“In CADP coaching, we recognize the inherent potential in every child and the innate wisdom in every parent. Our mission isn’t to lead but to accompany, curious, open, and present, understanding that meaningful change arises from the safety we foster. As stewards of future minds, we carry our responsibility with utmost care and empathy.”
Parenting and Child Development Specialist, ICF PCC
Directress of CADP Coach Education
“In CADP coaching, we recognize the inherent potential in every child and the innate wisdom in every parent. Our mission isn’t to lead but to accompany, curious, open, and present, understanding that meaningful change arises from the safety we foster. As stewards of future minds, we carry our responsibility with utmost care and empathy.”
Parenting and Child Development Specialist, ICF PCC
Directress of CADP Coach Education
“In CADP coaching, we recognize the inherent potential in every child and the innate wisdom in every parent. Our mission isn’t to lead but to accompany, curious, open, and present, understanding that meaningful change arises from the safety we foster. As stewards of future minds, we carry our responsibility with utmost care and empathy.”
Parenting and Child Development Specialist
ICF PCC, Directress of CADP Coach Education
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