Parent coaching includes strategies to help parents become more effective. Children with emotional, behavioral, or developmental disorders can present unique challenges for parents and families. Traditional parenting strategies may not work when faced with these challenges even if they have been effective with siblings.

 

A Parent Coach can provide objective feedback from a professional perspective. This can allow for parents and family members to gain increased insight and make adjustments to improve communication and relations within the family.

 

A Parent Coach may also assist and support parents in creating behavior plans to increase compliance and reduce conflict in the home. Parent Coaching also works to restore cooperation and create a mutually supportive environment within the family.

 

Goals set in Parent Coaching can include:

• Improve communication

• Help parents better understand the thought process and issues their child may be experiencing

• Developing and modify effective behavior plans to address behavioral issues or challenges in children and/or teens

• Teach family members to more effectively support one another

• Help with the overall function of the family unit