12-20+ Weekly Online Sessions Include:
> Intake Appointment (1 hour)
> Pre-Treatment Play Assessment (20 minutes)
> 2 Skills Teaching Sessions (60-90 minutes)
> 6-15 Play/Coaching Sessions (50 minutes)
> Intermediate & Post-Treatment Play Assessments
(variable, 20 minutes)
> Program Review (1 hour)
Treatment is not limited to a prescribed number of sessions. With regular attendance and home practice, treatment typically completes within 12-20 sessions. Completion is determined by mastery of 2 sets of skills taught in 2 phases of treatment.
Phase 1: Relationship Enhancement
You will learn and practice skills that will reduce your child's anxiety and build their self-esteem while strengthening the bond between you. You will also learn strategies for getting your child to engage with you and follow directions without the use of commands or consequences. These skills will motivate your child to listen to you and increase their positive behavior.
Phase 2: Strategies for Compliance
You will learn and practice skills to manage your child's negative behaviors in a consistent and predictable way, using commands and appropriate consequences to increase your child's motivation and focus to follow directions. You will also learn how to manage your child's difficult behavior in public behavior.