What is my role as a parent? The Parent’s Role
Parent Participation The ideal in-home ABA services emphasize extensive, high-quality parent participation during sessions. We expect the same level of active parent involvement in other environments as well. To ensure parents are successful in the teaching process, our team starts with smaller, previously mastered goals, allowing parents to leave the interaction confident in their ability to promote behavior change in their child. Our caregiver education practices include modeling, rehearsal, and feedback. These valuable opportunities to observe and practice teaching new skills to your child will support sustained behavior change. Parent’s Role Butterfly Effects understands the important role a family plays in a young child’s life as they are the constant and most important teachers. We individualize strategies based on the strengths and needs of families to empower caregivers to confidently carry over our recommendations outside of sessions, and after services have ended. Butterfly Effects uses capacity-building practices in caregiver coaching. Although our behavior technicians provide most direct services, family involvement is a major variable in meeting goals. Remember-your family spends the most amount of time with your child, therefore, it is important to remember that services do not begin and end with our presence; services are most effective when the family is able to continue the work outside of session. What will I be doing during a session? You may start services in the role of a cheerleader, where your child works to earn praise, affection, & attention from you. We request that parents observe and participate in at least 40% of all sessions. Once your child learns a new skills with BT, you will be asked to actively participate in session to ensure that your child can generalize the newly acquired skills to a new person (i.e. you!). Your BCBA may ask you to play the role of a data collector during times outside of session, to gain more insight to any problem behaviors your child may be exhibiting outside of the session. Parents are expected to participate in at least 1 hour of parent education per monthly. The frequency of parent education will be agreed upon prior to services starting by the BCBA & the family. During parent education sessions, your BCBA will provide active coaching using strategies that have been found to be very effective with your child. Remember-your family spends the most amount of time with your child, therefore, it is important to remember that services do not begin and end with our presence; services are most effective when the family is able to continue the work outside of session.
Parent Responsibilities To maximize your child’s treatment outcomes, it is strongly recommended that caregiver(s) will: • Be physically within 25 feet of your child during sessions (*BE requirement) • Make best efforts to limit session cancellations • Participate in the sessions at least 40% of the time. • Make best efforts to limit session cancellations and providing 24 hours notification • Plan at least one hour of parent training with your BCBA • Provide a designated safe and comfortable work area for sessions, free of obvious distractions • Be actively involved in goal development, parent education, communication related to progress, treatment plan updates and steps toward transition/discharge planning. • Have regular touchpoints and communication with your BCBA
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