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Three-Day Certification Programme for MAPP™ Counsellors

3 Day workshop - 17-19 July; 21-23 August 2006

Background

MAPP™ (Motivational Appraisal of Personal Potential) is a vocational assessment instrument used in career guidance and coaching. It was first developed by industrial psychologists in 1955 interested in matching people to the right job. Much of its development was based on the Kuder Preference Record, a standard reference in psychology for vocational assessment.

Dramatic results were immediately evident in selection, training, performance and safety. It was then further refined to eliminate gender bias, and also to specifically look at job matching in working adults, as well as students about to embark on their first career.

While psychologists conclude that it is not possible to verify validity of any vocational or behavioural instrument, they do agree that measuring the reliability of the results is achievable. MAPP has been researched for its reliability scores, and compared favourably to the Strong Inventory - a highly reliable tool used by psychologists. Both Kuder and Strong have assessment studies on vocational preferences made over 30 years apart. MAPP™ itself can refer to norms dating back to 1955.

Introduction

The three-Day MAPP™ Certification programme is a detailed, practical approach to developing a comprehensive skill in the use of MAPP™, for career counselling and development, job recruitment and internal selection, and coaching.

In fact, MAPP™ gives more than career counselling. Its Personal Analysis section provides rich, detailed information of each person’s leadership and other relationship motivations, learning blockages, individual stress factors, and a variety of responses to life’s most critical experiences. It also matches one’s motivations / demotivations to more than 950 jobs in O*Net to reveal accurately a person’s top ten career areas.

Each participant will become thoroughly familiar with the impact of the 9 key worker traits on candidates’ core preferences in choice of jobs, attitudes, relationships, communication styles, data, etc. You will further understand how MAPP™ 's Learning Styles enhances the predictability of success in work and relationships with people.

TWP’s certified MAPP™ counsellors receive a useful, lifelong skill, to provide people with a highly accurate and useful assessment of their deepest motivations and demotivations in regard to work, relationships and learning preferences.

A true vocational tool, a MAPP™ assessment needs only be applied once and serves as a useful guide in decisions of careers and relationships.

Training Objectives

Know how career counselling is vital to job motivation

Know the history and background of MAPP™

Understand MAPP™'s key approach and versatility

Become thoroughly familiar with the nine Key Worker Traits and their impact on job success

Understand how MAPP™'s Learning Styles works

Learn how to balance Truth and Tact

Be able to conduct MAPP™ counselling sessions in one-on-one situations

An Intensive Training Approach

This 3-day programme is highly hands-on as it is aimed at providing participants with thorough and clear knowledge in the use of MAPP™ as a career counselling tool. This short intensive course is taught through a mixture of lecture input and syndicate sessions with a strong emphasis on 'learning-by-doing' through TWP’s personalised, MAPP™ coaching sessions.

Prior to the programme, participants complete up their individual MAPP™ online, and each then receives a full and detailed 20+ page MAPP™ report to be used in syndicate groups as part of hands-on training.

Post Workshop Follow-up Sessions

A unique training approach is our commitment to build real capability in our MAPP™ counsellors. Therefore we have introduced five, intensive one-on-one coaching session with each trained MAPP™ counsellor, conducted ‘live.’ Our MAPP™ counsellors have benefited tremendously from this approach, starting their counselling sessions with invaluable, increased confidence and ability.

Programme Outline

Day One

Introduction & Overview
History & Background of MAPP™
The Core - Peeling the Onion

Communication & Learning Orientations
Syndicate
Vocational Orientation
Syndicate Work

The Nine Worker Traits
Syndicate Work

The MAPP™ Appraisal Review
Review of Workshop

Days Two & Three

Reflection
Personal Analysis
Counselling Skills

How learning is wired to adaptive ability
Reading Your MAPP™
Cross Referencing the Data

MAPP™ Counselling Clinics
Plenary
Presenting Your MAPP™
Balancing Tact & Truth

Presenting Your MAPP™
Q & A
Application Issues / Workshop Review

Three-Day MAPP™ Certification Package Fee

Public Programme Dates - 17-19 July; 21-23 August 2006
(minimum 6 participants)

S$4,500 per person (instalment plan for individuals upon request)
Includes 5 free MAPP™’s and 5 Coaching sessions (45 mins each)
Also, entitlement to purchase the full MAPP™ assessment (online price US$129) with very special rates for bulk orders

There are no short cuts with a skill like this – experience and coaching make all the difference between a GOOD counsellor and a lousy one. The more you do, the better you get, and the better your reputation.

We do not compromise on our follow-up, to ensure the quality of our certified counsellors.

Therefore, the fee is not just for certification, but also to ensure you are coached long after you have completed the course.

Your R.O.I.

If you intend to make this an extra source of income, or a career change, you can already cover the cost of the certification programme after conducting 15 sessions with your own clients.

Call 6549 7408 for more details, or email kim@worklfepros.com

Registration

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