Mental Health - Parent Training

Parent Training or Family Guidance

Parent training is essential to the successful treatment of a child. It’s been found to be a factor that increases the likelihood of positive and greater outcomes for the child as compared to services without parent training incorporated into the treatment. Parent training offers a family the opportunity to receive guidance and support from a trained behavior analyst who specializes in creating individualized recommendations and intervention plans that result in meaningful outcomes for the child. Parents will have the opportunity to directly consult with someone who can address their questions and concerns about their child’s behaviors and development.

Collaborating With Parents in Parent Training

When combined in a collaborative manner to individualize the services, parental insights combined with a behavior professional’s knowledge of effective treatment strategies create the best chance for optimal outcomes for the child. This collaborative effort leads to parents gaining the skills to help their children learn and grow and can lead to:

  • An improvement in the quality of the relationship and rapport

  • Feeling less stress and greater confidence and hope in the possibility of positive treatment outcomes

  • Greater relationship dynamics between parents and the client’s whole family

  • The execution of effective parenting strategies that help their child become more independent and improve their social and communication skills

Parent Training Topics

Parent training involves giving parents tips that are developed based on their child’s unique abilities, needs, and strategies that will help that child achieve realistic and meaningful steps in their development. The topics covered in parent training help teach parents effective ways to improve their child’s skills, manage challenging behaviors, and support their child’s growth and development. Training topics include:

  • Positive reinforcement

  • Providing consequences

  • Gaining the child’s attention

  • Prompting

  • Establishing operations

Learn more about the first steps to take action. If you’re interested in our services, the enrollment process typically begins with a phone call.