Behavioral Parent Training in St. George, UT
Parent Support
One of the missions of Autism Therapy Services is to provide support to parents of children with autism. We understand how hard families are working to understand their children’s challenges and provide them with the best future possible. We are privileged to help by providing as much information, training, therapy, recommendations, and support as needed. We highly value parent input and involvement.
How We Champion Children and Families
Family based Treatment Plan
Beginning with our initial assessment and treatment plan we listen to families concerns, challenges, and goals. We don’t automatically require a set therapy, schedule, hours, or program. We develop a treatment plan that addresses a child’s needs as well as parent concerns, schedules, and family dynamics. This plan is continually open to change and modification as needed.
Family involvement
We try to involve parents into therapy as much as possible. For home therapy we can easily involve parents and siblings in treatment plan implementation. We find this to be an enjoyable and effective way to provide therapy. For clinic or community based therapy direct parent involvement is scheduled in as much as is practical. We also give parents regular updates on therapy progress and goals. We also regularly communicate with parents on any achievements, challenges, changes, or needed information. Treatment plans can be changed immediately as needed.
Parent Training
We provide structured parent training as needed. Our staff are experts trainers and coaches. We can provide training on a variety of topics related to ASD. Our specialists provide regularly scheduled training that all parents/family members are invited to. In addition, we can provide extra and specialized training at any time when requested. Some topics we have provided training in are potty training, conflict resolution, eating issues, sleeping issues, compliance issues, emotional/behavioral regulation, improving communication, community safety, etc.
Community Support
We can provide parents support in the community as needed. Parents often request help in a variety of settings such as doctor’s offices, dentist offices, school, playgrounds, grocery stores, daycare, etc. Our staff is there to provide planning, training, support, direct services, and consultation. We don’t consider our services as a home/office therapy only service. We are there to provide support and services to families in the most effective way possible.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you still have questions about our ABA and parent support? Receive answers to common questions we receive below.
What Is the Goal of Parent Training?
The main goal of parent training is to support parents by helping them develop new insights, skills, and tools. This ultimately leads to them feeling more confident in helping their own child.
What Will Parents Learn from their child being in ABA Therapy?
Parents often learn which skills to teach and some effective methods to teach those skills through participation in ABA Therapy. More specifically, parents learn how to better teach communication, social skills, and emotional/behavioral regulation.
Will ABA and Parent Education Increase a Parent-Child Bond?
Our therapy involves skill learning in a fun, positive manner. We have found it is almost impossible to engage in this type of skill building therapy without strengthening bonds. After all, one of our biggest goals of therapy is to teach children how to successfully interact with and bond with others.