The YOUNG PEOPLE’S Signature Strengths® Coaching Program

Supporting Student Re-Engagement… an opportunity for a paradigm shift, away from Struggle to Strength, Confusion to Confidence and from Angst to Achievement!

“Disengagement is a ‘behaviour’ that invariably limits potential and negatively affects wellbeing. Disengagement can be involuntary, subconscious, or conscious. Sometimes loud, sometimes quiet. Sometimes with diagnosis, sometimes not. Regardless, the naughty, disruptive or ‘bad kid’ is not who they really are.

What we now know, is that all behaviour has a cause, a reason, and deserves a solution-oriented address to produce positive outcomes. Identifying ’cause’ can be liberating. Let’s work together to ‘bring out the best in your child, for your child.”   Karelynne Randall.

The Young People’s program is rapport-based, to nurture Student Voice and Agency.  MBL’s highly interactive process incorporates visual resources (*CCS Cards) to stimulate conversation, create self-awareness, and facilitate guidance,

Responsible decision-making about learning engagement is strengthened, measured and reviewed via the Goal Accountability & Achievement Plan™.

The coaching continuum develops ‘response-ability’ and self-regulation.

Together, we acknowledge personal and/or academic barriers to learning, and address issues to strengthen student outcomes.. building confidence towards improved competence.

(The process aligns with and supports compilation of student Independent Plans (IP), Quality Differentiated Teaching Plans (QDTP) and Indigenous students’ Personalised Learning Plans.)

MBL’s coaching addresses ‘cause’ of disengagement to facilitate identification of strengths present, prior to any intrusive or interruptive experience. Strengths identification assists in renewal of positive student purpose, by applying practical solutions towards resolution and achievement.

Signature Strengths® identification positions positive core values as ‘motivational drivers’ to support wellbeing, and clarity in decision-making, towards transformative change.

Consultation is available in 1:1 private practice, and in presentation for education organisations.

Together, in a 6-step process we:

• Collaborate to facilitate expression of challenges.

“Using the *CCS cards makes it easier to say what I’m thinking; sometimes things I didn’t realise I could say! I can identify the feelings that I want to move away from, and those I want to move towards, because that’s who I really want to be.” Carl 16

• Identify Signature Strengths® to help express ‘student voice, define purpose, and develop agency’, proactively addressing challenges, and accountability, towards resolving concerns.

“Ms. Randall, thank you for your support during my final years at school, helping me realise my strengths, teaching me the importance of resilience, and especially helping me know that my challenges don’t define me.” James 17

• Develop a Goal Accountability & Achievement Plan™, to improve self-regulation,  strengthen response-ability, and experience the benefits of self-leadership.

“The ‘ladder’ in my Goal Accountability & Achievement Plan™, helped me make specific decisions, ‘one step at a time’ because I could focus on clear communication, to collaborate with teachers, and make new friends. I can see I am adaptable to change, and I know how I can be heard.” Trent 15

When students hear…

“I believe you know more than you think you do, and I believe you can do more than you think you can” … an innate connection to self-belief and curiosity can occur. Acknowledgement and appreciation, can mean the world to a young person!

Let’s collaborate to re-engage students in education, develop healthy individuals, inspire life-long learning, and create more opportunities for young people!

[ In my work I acknowledge the immediate and long-term effects of Adverse Childhood/Life Experiences (ACEs), and the benefits of individual Signature Strengths® identification; the values formed during Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs), that when focused upon, are found to be profoundly supportive of health, wellbeing, and academic progress.]

*The Communication Compatibility System (CCS cards) are visual imagery to make conversation and student expression easier. https://ccs.cards/

*The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs) questionnaires help to identify if there may be/or have been any negative experiences impacting upon the quality of a child’s life and learning. These are available upon direct email: Karelynne@MBLconsultancy.com.au.

References: Dr. Vincent Felitti MD – USA; The Kaiser Permanente Study and Dr. Brian Alman – PhD – USA.

THE PROFESSIONAL’S Signature Strengths® Program

For enthusiastic professionals who seek to move beyond (perhaps unidentified) barriers, impacting wellbeing, role performance and, career advancement.

‘When problems arise, 9/10 the cause is not knowing how values work. The solution is, to acknowledge the strength of positive values, and realise the benefits.’    Karelynne Randall

Through the Signature Strengths® (positive personal values) identification process, we address challenges and explore potential barriers to progress, then focus on transfer of identified positive personal values, to align with organisational values, improving productivity and enhancing career pathways.

‘The secret of effectiveness is to understand yourself, and the people you work with, so together, you can make use of all innate and transferable strengths.’
Peter Drucker – Harvard Business School.

It’s my mission, to help people benefit from understanding what values are, how they form and work, to become decisive about discarding misplaced or unproductive values.

Together, without blame or shame, we acknowledge that some items in a ‘personal values collective’ may not be so positive, and no longer be of service. Together, we focus on identifying productive values that originate from Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs), to become your motivational, Signature Strengths®.

‘Why We Are, Who We Are!’

‘My Story’ is not all about me! I share my story for all adults who were children (you, me, and others), who deserve to know how to move away from remaining in effect of adverse experiences, and reclaim wellbeing to ‘thrive personally and flourish professionally.’

I speak for all who may, or may not have acknowledged the impact, and weight in consequence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), or are yet to realise the depth of personal worth and liberation in knowing how to identify and use, Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs).

These are your Signature Strengths®!

“Today is the first day of the rest of my life, your life, and our lives. We must seek to understand  ‘why we are who we are‘, and use this empowerment to decide how we choose to be, because YOU MATTER and you deserve to flourish!“

I speak sincerely …

• In truth and service to others, with accountability and without shame,
• To create ‘awareness and action’ for change in how society supports healthy child and adolescent development.
• To help protect; the unborn, newborns, children, youth, and adults, directly or naively affected by Adverse Childhood Experiences. (ACEs), causing unhelpful ‘behavioural’ patterns and limiting beliefs.

As an audience, you are invited enter into the world of a child who (for other’s gain) , formed limiting, fear-based values (feelings, attitudes, beliefs), causing extreme hyper-vigilance, a persistent subconscious ‘struggle’ to survive and yet, harnessed the courage to flourish.