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.