Reduce conflict and violence. Create a safer, stronger school.
Targeted Youth Coaching delivers in-school behaviour management programs to help young people make safer, more respectful choices.
Our programs make a real difference.
At Targeted Youth Coaching, we offer programs that target youth behavioural issues in high schools. Our trainers are martial arts instructors, who engage student attention and engender respect.
We deliver our programs in both private and public schools, either as an early-intervention strategy or a solution to current challenges.
When we have the skills to manage our actions and emotions, everyone benefits. We spend less time in fight-or-flight mode and more time learning, growing and enjoying life.
Making good choices is a learned skill.
Many high schools experience challenges with student violence and disrespectful behaviours. Academic achievement is affected and the negative consequences can extend to injuries, criminal records, abusive relationships and decreased job prospects.
As students, navigating these challenges takes skills in negotiation, de-escalation and emotional intelligence. By building their understanding of why violence occurs and how they can defuse potentially negative interactions, students have a stronger foundation for success.
Targeted Youth Coaching.
Empowers students and staff.
Real-world advice delivered by relatable role models makes change feel possible..
Fosters engagement and impact.
Repeat sessions and an interactive format facilitate deep understanding, making it easier for students to use and remember our strategies.
Reduces disruptions.
Experience a calmer school community, with fewer suspensions and a better teaching environment.
Helps break the cycle.
Students learn skills to interrupt and prevent trauma to themselves and others, increasing their chances of finding stable employment and supportive relationships.
Promotes diversity and inclusion.
Violence is reduced when we learn how to get along with people who are different from us, and when we understand how gendered violence occurs.
Creates better outcomes for life.
Emotional intelligence, negotiation skills, self-esteem and respect for others are all skills that contribute to lifelong success.
A practical approach for real-world skills.
Our teaching approach is direct and practical. We help students understand the psychology of conflict and violence, using real-world examples to help build understanding.
Targeted Youth Coaching Programs.
run for one hour a week over a five-week period
include a mix of formats such as presentations, whole-class discussions, activities and smaller group discussions
focus on practical, real-life tips and strategies.
Our programs are often run in separate groups of boys and girls, allowing us to specifically address the gendered nature of violence.
Defuse. Retreat. Defend.
We teach young people our signature approach to help them resolve conflict and make better choices.
Our innovative blend of expertise
Designed to empower students
● The three stages of confrontation
● Deescalation tactics
● Types of violence and how to recognise a potentially dangerous situation
● Why we react the way we do and why violence is unnecessary
● Consent, boundaries and respectful relationships
● How gender stereotypes impact violence
● The consequences of violence to all involved
● What to do as a bystander
● How to back down and still win
Teachers tell us they see improvements in student behaviour and decision-making before the five-week course is even complete.
Our programs harness decades of experience in martial arts, corporate training and working with children to create a highly effective approach.
Our trainers are black-belt martial arts instructors. Their no-nonsense teaching style commands attention and respect. They have the ability to manage students of all demeanours, and the skills to discuss sensitive and confronting issues in an age-appropriate way
Meet the Director.
Jaden, Director and Lead Trainer at Targeted Youth Coaching, has 35 years of martial arts experience. As a Taekwondo instructor, he has deep insight into the concepts of self-defence and extensive experience working with children of all ages.
In his martial arts training academy, Jaden is well-known for the long-term retention of his students, even in teenage years.
Jaden is also an experienced corporate trainer. He has represented multinational firms as a sales manager at state and national levels.
After seeing a need in the community for anti-violence intervention training for teens, he combined his professional training skills with his martial arts experience to develop a practical, powerful coaching program targeted at high school students.
The programs designed by Jaden at Targeted Youth Coaching are influenced by Taekwondo principles of restraint, self-control and strategic withdrawal.
