Parent Coaching Services
Parent Coaching for ABA Therapy
At Talk Therapy Services, we understand that parent involvement is essential to the success of ABA therapy. Our Parent Coaching program empowers parents with the tools and strategies needed to support their child’s development effectively. With our guidance, parents can actively participate in fostering their child’s growth in various areas of life.
Key Areas of Focus:
Play Support: We assist parents in promoting play skills, such as turn-taking, parallel play, cooperative play, and expanding leisure skills, ensuring that playtime becomes a valuable learning experience.
Alternative Communication: Whether your child is non-verbal or prefers alternative communication methods, we provide support with picture exchange systems, visual aids, and communication apps to help express needs and desires effectively.
Life Skills: Our approach includes developing practical life skills, such as self-care, daily routines, and independent living, to help your child thrive in everyday situations.
On-Task Behaviour: We work with parents to implement strategies that encourage and maintain focused, on-task behavior, enhancing your child’s attention and engagement.
Functional Living Skills: We guide parents in teaching functional living skills that promote independence, including household chores, personal hygiene, and navigating public spaces.
Social Skills: Our coaching helps parents nurture social skills, fostering positive interactions with peers and adults in various social settings.
Assessments: We provide thorough assessments to identify your child’s strengths and areas for improvement, helping to inform individualized therapy plans.
Consulting: We offer one-on-one consulting sessions to support parents in implementing ABA strategies at home, ensuring consistency across environments.
Individualized Programming: Our coaching is tailored to meet the unique needs of your child, ensuring that therapy goals align with their specific developmental trajectory.
Skill Building: We support the development of essential skills through targeted interventions that address both academic and social needs.
1:1 Support: Our Parent Coaching includes personalized, one-on-one sessions where we work closely with parents to reinforce effective strategies and address concerns.
Group Skills: In addition to individual skill development, we assist parents in creating opportunities for group interactions, helping children practice social and cooperative behaviors in group settings.
By working with our Parent Coaching program, you gain the knowledge and confidence to support your child’s progress effectively at home and beyond. Together, we can help your child build the skills they need to succeed in all aspects of life.
Our Therapy Approaches
EMDR Therapy
EMDR therapy focuses on retrieving and processing traumatic memories and difficult life events to enable adaptive resolution for clients. EMDR has been shown to be an effective treatment for PTSD symptoms, trauma, and more recent research shows that EMDR can be helpful in treating depression, anxiety, addictions, OCD, eating disorders, and chronic pain.
Dialetical Behaviour Therapy
DBT is a type of cognitive behavioural therapy. The focus of DBT is to notice and change negative thinking patterns, make positive behavioural changes, and manage and cope with your emotions. Research has shown that DBT can be useful for treating suicidal ideations and mood disorders.
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Cognitive behaviour therapy is focused on identifying unhelpful ways of thinking, and recognizing how these ways of thinking lead to unpleasant emotions and unhelpful behaviours. CBT is an effective treatment for depression, anxiety, disordered eating, low self-esteem, addiction, anger issues, and chronic pain.
Emotion-Focused Therapy
EFT therapy is focused on emotions. In therapy clients are encouraged to express, understand, and transform their emotions in a safe and non-judgmental space.
The focus of EFT couples therapy is to identify and change negative interaction cycles, decrease conflict, and to foster the emotional bond within the relationship.
Our Locations
Talk Therapy Services
- 4562 Colonel Talbot Rd Unit 8, London
- +1 (519) 790-0997
- admin@talktherapyservices.ca
- Hours | Mon - Sun: 8:30am-9:30pm
Our Team
We are committed to providing high quality professional
counselling services by licensed therapists,
informed by best practices and current research,
and the highest ethical standards.