Services for Families

Having fun as a family

1. In-Home Parent Coaching

In-home parent coaching is an intensive, short-term service, which focuses on problem solving and building family strengths. Issues most receptive to in-home coaching are parenting difficulties, family member roles, behavior management for home and school, and marital challenges regarding raising children.

In-home coaching often includes:

• Observations of the family where they live, work, and play (e.g., home, school, day care).
• Facilitation of family meetings in which all observations, needs, conflicts, and goals are discussed.
• Modeling of appropriate behaviors and attitudes.
• Coaching the parents and the children (they act on the coach’s instructions).
• Co-creation of a family plan of action.
• Follow-up visits and phone consultations.

• Fees are $125 per hour plus travel expenses.
• Phone consultation is $1 a minute.

2. Workshops

Parent workshops, PTA workshops, support groups, and weekend retreats are arranged upon request. Foster and adoptive parent training seminars can be available in your county.

3. Mediation

Child-Focused separation and divorce agreements - for parents who wish to best meet the needs of their children during the often difficult process of separation/divorce. By combining the structure and principles of mediation with thorough training and experience in parenting education, we are able to:

• help parents incorporate parenting concerns within their separation plans.
• help parents design plans for reducing child stress and for effective co-parenting during the separation and after the divorce.
• provide follow-up in-home coaching (if requested) to each parent to help them implement their plan.
• offer attorneys a companion service for their clients in need of specialized assistance.