Understanding What Parent Coaching Is Parent coaching is a collaborative approach where therapists work alongside parents and caregivers to support a child’s development. Rather than focusing only on what happens during therapy sessions, parent coaching helps families embed strategies into everyday routines where learning naturally occurs. Parents spend the most time with their child. When caregivers feel confident using supportive strategies, children benefit from consistent

Positive reinforcement is one of the most commonly used - and commonly misunderstood - ideas in behaviour analysis. Parents sometimes worry that reinforcement is the same as bribing a child. They are not the same thing. What does positive reinforcement mean? In behaviour analysis, positive reinforcement occurs when something is added after a behaviour and that behaviour becomes more likely in the future. The word 'positive' means something is added; it does not mean 'good'. R

A Functional Behaviour Assessment, often shortened to FBA, is a structured way of understanding why a behaviour may be occurring. For parents, the word 'assessment' can sound formal or intimidating, but much of the process is about carefully gathering information and looking for patterns. Why complete an FBA? Two children can show the same behaviour for completely different reasons. One child might push work away because it is too difficult. Another might do the same thing be