UP Early Intervention Clinic
Unlocking your child's potential
Parent Coaching for Autism
Parent Coaching might be for you if…
- You struggle to interact with your child.
- You have a hard time managing your child’s challenging behaviour.
- You would like to better understand your child’s unique needs
- You are worried about your child’s development.
Parent coaching is a collaborative process where a professional partners with you to help you make meaningful changes with your child. This parent coach will then design tailored support strategies and help you implement them in order to empower you to teach your children new skills or help them flourish in everyday settings.
Book a consult today to learn more about our parent coaching offerings and see if they are a good fit for you!
Parent Coaching for Autism Options
Individualized Parent Coaching
Program Information
Work one on one with a parent coach to help you meet your goals for yourself and your child. Parent coaches work with you weekly or bi-weekly over a short or long term period to help you, manage challenging situations in your daily lives (e.g., dangerous behaviours, toilet training, etc.), connect and play with your child, and teach your child important skills.
Our parent coaches have additional training and mentorship in parent coaching. Our parent coaching approaches are individualized include:
- Early Start Denver Model parent coaching
- Autism Navigator Early Social Interaction (ESI) Model for early childhood coaching
- The Balance Program: a collaborative approach to addressing emerging problem behaviour for young children (FTF Behavioral / Dr. Kelsey Ruppel)
- Help is in Your Hands / C-ESDM
- RUBI Parent Training
Short term parent coaching: 4 sessions
- Session 1: gather information and learn about parent and child goals
- Session 2: finalize and start implementing a plan
- Session 3: carry on with implementation support, review how it’s going and troubleshoot
- Session 4: would be to assess progress and make any modifications as needed.
Long term parent coaching: 3-4 months of support
Flexible support to meet your needs, and the coach can help suggest specific areas of focus following the first initial session. Some options for what longer term coaching can address include:
- Identifying and teaching specific goals at home (for UP clients, may involve transferring in-clinic goals home)
- Learning and implementing comprehensive support strategies
- Balance parent coaching for managing challenging behaviours
- Specialized strategies from shown to be effective in improving skill development of young autistic children using evidence-based coaching programs
Parent Participation Playgroup
Our Early Start Parent and Toddler playgroup allows families to learn simple skills and strategies to support their children in a relaxed, social environment.
Parent Workshop Series
Accessible and relevant information for families
We offer a parent workshop series, where we bring in expert speakers to talk about issues and strategies that are important to families on a regular basis, sharing practical tips that parents can implement right away.
See our workshops page for more information on upcoming parent workshops, or to purchase access to one of our recorded courses.
Parent Coaching Benefits
Learn Skills That Will Last a Lifetime
the BC Autism Funding is limited, but the skills you learn in parent coaching will be helpful for many years to come. You can be your child’s greatest teacher without sacrificing your role as a parent.
Collaborative Coaching
Coaching is a skill all its own, and all of our clinicians have done specialized training in effective parent coaching. We meet you where you are at with the mutual desire to help your child. No shame, blame, or guilt here.
Take Your Child’s Learning Home
The BC government Autism funding does not cover the cost of recommended intervention dosage, and bringing learning home can help you give your child more practice and support with key skills.