PARENT COACHING INSTITUTE SURPASSES 100TH GRADUATE MILESTONE

Twelve New PCI Certified Parent Coaches® Set Out to Help Parents Face Tough Parenting Challenges

BELLEVUE, WA—(November 17, 2008)—The Parent Coaching Institute (PCI), now 108 graduates strong, is proud to announce its most recent graduating class. These heart-centered, highly skilled graduates work with parents individually using a new model and approach customized to help each parent facing their toughest parenting challenges in an increasingly complex society. These graduates are:

• Dede Barnes (Cottonwood, CA)
• Cathy Clapp (Belgrade, MT)
• DiAne Dodge (Portland, OR)
• Valerie Edmands (High Springs, FL)
• Bodil Eriksson (Rockville, MD)
• Debra Geraghty (Boise, ID)
• Glynn Hoener (Fairbanks, AK)
• Barbara Mitnick (Marina Del Rey, CA)
• Lisa Phelps (Bellevue, WA)
• Ruth Williams (Kirkland, WA)
• Stacey Witte (Issaquah, WA)
• Kim Woodworth (Escondido, CA)

Each of these 12 fall 2008 graduates has completed the most innovative and intensive parent coach training program available; this graduate level, distance learning certificate program is taken over a minimum of one year, in collaboration with Seattle Pacific University, independent of SPU’s religious affiliation.

The PCI is accepting applications for winter program entrance until December 1, 2008. Interested parties are invited to contact the PCI at (425) 401-1519 or view the PCI's Web site at www.thepci.org.

About The Parent Coaching Institute

The Parent Coaching Institute (PCI) is a nationwide not-for-profit organization and the originator of the parent coaching profession. The PCI, founded by Gloria DeGaetano in 2000, sets the highest standards for parent coaching professionals. Using our innovative coaching model, we co-create with parents solutions to parenting challenges, leading to new levels of family fulfillment. For more information about the Parent Coaching Institute, with corporate offices in Bellevue, Washington, please refer to our Web site www.thepci.org or contact us at (425) 401-1519.

Contacts

Sharon Soldenwagner
(425) 401-1519 (office)
(425) 753-8822 (cell)
sharon@thepci.org

Gloria DeGaetano
(425) 401-1519 (office)
(425) 753-0955 (cell)
gloria@thepci.org

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