Coaching Programs
We offer 5 different programs focused on increasing skills and confidence in parenting children of any age
Behavior is learned through social interactions and environmental conditions. Going Forward Behavior Coaching programs are focused on the recognition of these interactions, finding alternative responses, and increasing teaching and reinforcement within daily interactions to increase your child’s functional behavioral learning.
The First Step ~
The First Step ~
Foundations Program
This 12-week program sets the stage for fundamental skills every parent should know and utilize to create an environment and structure of parenting that will increase the likelihood of expected behaviors and decrease challenging behaviors.
Each 1-hour session, which can be scheduled weekly or every 2 weeks, will include a review of the parent’s most recent successes, focus on an educational component, discussion about the skills generalization into the home and community, and discussion and development of individualized weekly goals. Each session will provide a combination of coaching modalities and resources, which support verbal, visual, auditory, reading/writing, and hands-on learning styles. Time will be provided at the end of each session for general skill questions, discussion on the application of skills. By the end of the program, each program participant will have the education, resources, and practical skills to apply the skills in the home and community.
Additional Programs
After completing the Foundations Program, participants will be eligible to enroll in the additional four, 12-week behavior coaching programs.
These programs focus on skills, strategies, and environmental structuring to increase success with teaching daily living skills, communication skills, social and play skills, and tolerance skills. Each 1-hour session will focus on a specific evidence-based skill that increase the likelihood of effectiveness in teaching and shaping skill development with their child. Session structuring, coaching modalities, and goal-setting will mirror the Foundations Program to allow for fluid transitions and expectations between programs.
All Program Offerings
Foundations
The Foundations program is focused on fundamental information and skills every parent can benefit from utilizing. Each session will include a review and discussion regarding the informational worksheet, with a strong focus on the collaborative process. Completion of this program is required before enrolling in other programs.
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Week 1: About ABA & Intro to Coaching
Week 2: What is the Motivation?
Week 3: How Behaviors are Learned
Week 4: Parenting Rules to Live By
Week 5: What Doesn’t Work
Week 6: The Importance of Play
Week 7: Teaching Requests
Week 8: Giving Effective Instructions
Week 9: How to Prompt to Shape Skills
Week 10: Reinforcement is the Key to Success
Week 11: Tantrums 101
Week 12: Closing and Wrap-Up
Language Skills
Language Skills provides a more in-depth discussion and description of the basic structure of how to teach children to respond to others and verbally communicate. Completion of the Foundations Program is a pre-requisite.
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Week 1: About the Language Program and Foundations Review
Week 2: Motor Imitation Skills
Week 3: Following Simple Instructions
Week 4: Matching and Sorting
Week 5: Requesting Skills-Part 1
Week 6: Requesting Skills-Part 2
Week 7: Repeating Words
Week 8: Labeling
Week 9: Filling in the Blank
Week 10: Feature, Function, and Class
Week 11: Reinforcement, Retrial, and Data
Week 12: Closing and Wrap-Up
Social Skills
The Social Skills program provides the basic structure of how to teach play skills and social skills. Completion of the Foundations Program is a pre-requisite.
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Week 1: About the Social Skills Program and Foundations Review
Week 2: The Importance and Types of Play (Across All Ages)
Week 3: Structuring the Environment for Social Opportunities
Week 4: How to Teach Through Play-Part 1
Week 5: How to Teach Through Play-Part 2
Week 6: Teaching Social Communication
Week 7: Fostering Social Interactions
Week 8: Bringing Attention to Social Awareness
Week 9: Shaping Social Relatedness
Week 10: Reinforcing Social Learning
Week 11: Reinforcement, Retrial, and Data
Week 12: Closing and Wrap-Up
Daily Living Skills
This program helps you to teach children daily living skills that are necessary for safety, health, and well-being throughout the child’s life. Completion of the Foundations Program is a pre-requisite.
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Week 1: About the Daily Living Skills Program and Foundations Review
Week 2: Task Analysis and Visual Schedules
Week 3: Eating, Drinking, and Preparing Food
Week 4: Sleeping
Week 5: Environmental and Personal Health & Safety
Week 6: Toileting
Week 7: Bathing and Hygiene
Week 8: Dressing
Week 9: Laundry and Cleaning
Week 10: Leisure Activities
Week 11: Reinforcement, Retrial, and Data
Week 12: Closing and Wrap-Up
Behavior Management
The Behavior Management program teaches the motivations behind a challenging behavior, what they look like, how to prevent them, and how to manage them in the moment. Completion of the Foundations Program is a pre-requisite.
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Week 1: About the Challenging Behavior Program and Foundations Review
Week 2: What is Happening Right Now?
Week 3: Recognizing Triggers
Week 4: An Ounce of Prevention
Week 5: Token Economies
Week 6: Capture the Need or Want
Week 7: Place Effective Demands
Week 8: Tolerating “No” and “Wait”
Week 9: Addressing Challenging Behaviors-Escape
Week 10: Addressing Challenging Behaviors-Access
Week 11: Reinforcement, Retrial, and Data
Week 12: Closing and Wrap-Up
