Parent and Caregiver Coaching
Parent and caregiver coaching is hands-on training delivered in your home, teaching you the same strategies your child's therapist uses so they continue between sessions. You are never expected to run therapy. The goal is that the approach fits your routines rather than adding to your workload.
What this looks like in your home
- Working through the bedtime routine alongside you, in your child's actual bedroom.
- Practicing how to respond when a request gets refused, in the moment it happens.
- Adapting a strategy so it works for a grandparent who watches your child on Thursdays.
- Showing a sibling how to join play without taking over.
- Talking through what to do at a family gathering before you go.
Skills we commonly target
- Responding consistently to challenging behavior
- Reinforcing communication attempts
- Setting up routines that reduce friction
- Adapting strategies across caregivers
- Knowing what to prioritize on a hard day
How sessions run
Coaching happens inside your child's in-home program rather than as a separate appointment in an unfamiliar room. Because we are already in your kitchen, your hallway, and your child's bedroom, coaching can attach itself to the moment it is about. We watch how a routine currently goes, try something different together, and then talk about what to keep. Nothing is handed to you as a worksheet to implement on your own.
How progress is measured
Progress is tracked continuously using data collected during sessions. Goals are reviewed and adjusted as your child grows and changes.
Your role
This is the one service where you are the learner. We coach, you practice, and we adjust to what actually works in your household rather than what works on paper. If a strategy needs three steps your evening does not have room for, that is our problem to solve, not a failure on your part.
Why coaching happens in your home
A strategy taught in a clinic office has to survive the trip home before it is any use. In your home, there is no translation step. The bedtime routine we practice is the bedtime routine you have tonight, with the same bathroom, the same sibling down the hall, and the same tired hour of the evening. What works there is already proven in the only setting that matters.
It also means coaching accounts for the rest of your household. Families have other children, work schedules, and weeks where everything is harder than usual. A plan built in your living room can be built around those facts instead of ignoring them.
What coaching does not ask of you
You are not expected to become the expert — that is our role. You do not need to collect data, memorize terminology, or run structured teaching on your own. An adult needs to be present in the home during sessions, but active participation in every minute of every session is not the expectation. Coaching is offered, paced, and adjusted to what you have capacity for.
We also explain the reasoning behind everything we suggest. If a strategy is being used in your home, you should be able to say what it is and why it is there.
Who delivers it
Sessions are delivered by a Registered Behavior Technician under ongoing supervision from your Board Certified Behavior Analyst, who designs the program, reviews the data, and updates goals.
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Common questions
Am I expected to run therapy sessions myself?
No. You are never expected to run therapy. Coaching teaches you the same strategies your child's therapist uses so they continue between sessions, in the moments that come up anyway. Your therapist stays responsible for the program; your role is the everyday consistency that makes it hold.
What happens during a coaching session?
We work alongside you in the situation itself rather than talking about it in the abstract. That might mean walking through the bedtime routine with you in your child's bedroom, or practicing how to respond to a refusal in the moment it happens, then talking afterward about what to adjust.
Can other caregivers be included?
Yes. Grandparents, babysitters, and other family members can be part of coaching, and strategies are adapted so they work for the person actually using them. A plan that only one parent can carry out is not a plan that holds up across a real week.
Who provides the coaching?
Coaching is provided within your child's in-home program, delivered by a Registered Behavior Technician under ongoing supervision from your Board Certified Behavior Analyst, who designs the program, reviews the data, and updates goals.