Parent Training
At Maharat, we understand the difficulties that parents and families with children of determination face every day. That is why we offer parents specialized training programs that empower parents by giving them the tools and strategies they need to help their children lead happy and fulfilling lives.
Our Programs
Basic Applied Behavior Analysis for Parents
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is a systematic evidence-based intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs). In this training, parents will understand the background of ABA and how it may be used to manage behavior, develop communication, promote play and independence skills, and improve the connection between them and their child.
This course is designed to help parents provide ABA for their child at home. Parents can learn the techniques needed to start improving useful behaviors and reduce those that may cause harm or interfere with learning. Parents can also learn how to identify reinforcers that will work for their child and when to utilize them to improve their child’s communication, social and academic skills.
Understanding and managing challenging behaviors
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and other developmental disorders often display challenging behaviours that may cause harm to themselves and/or to others.
Understanding your child’s behaviour is a vital step in encouraging positive behaviour. When you understand what is causing your child’s behaviour, you can select an appropriate strategy to address that behaviour.
In this course, you will learn effective methods to develop your child’s skills, handle challenging behaviours, and incorporate successful behaviour-change techniques into your child’s everyday routines, from taking a bath to eating dinner. Our instructors will guide you on how to establish rules and routines, praise good behaviour, and use reward systems to help your child grow and develop.
Building Social Communication skills
In this training parents will learn about pragmatic language which involves 3 specific communication skills – using language, changing language, and following rules. This training will help parents understand how to speak with their children, and how to teach children to communicate with others, and build interpersonal social skills.
Parents will be provided techniques to interact more effectively with their children, as well as strategies to empower children with additional needs.
Guide to Toilet Training
It is often indicated that children with developmental disabilities generally show the same signs of ‘toileting readiness’ as that of typically developing children; however, these signs often appear when the child is older and the training might take longer. Surprisingly, the actual steps for preparing the individual for toilet training are also similar for all children, with the exception that individuals with developmental disabilities might need alternative strategies adjusted to suit their needs and/or additional instruction.
It is necessary to recognize that toilet training is largely about cooperation, communication and working together with the individual being toilet trained.
Fun with Feeding
Our individually delivered parent training program offers behavioural strategies and support relevant to feeding concerns, such as food selectivity, food refusal, disruptive mealtime behaviours (such as not sitting at the table, verbally refusing such as screaming and shouting, etc.), and implementing adaptive feeding skills (using utensils and preparing a simple meal).
The training will include:
- Introduction of basic behavioural principles
- Methods to evaluate and monitor feeding/mealtime behaviours
- Use of prompting to promote acceptance of new food and teach self-feeding skills
- Addressing noncompliance around mealtimes, and use of effective parental requests
- Strategies to promote generalization and maintenance of skills learned
Mom is My Therapist
Mom is my Therapist is designed to teach & train mothers/caregivers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Development Delays, and Down Syndrome principles of ABA Therapy over 2-3 days.
Every child will receive an individualized ABA program by a qualified BCBA (Board Certified Behavioral Analyst).
Parents will access their child program & educational resources on our online platform.This program includes weekly or monthly 2 hours supervision (as needed).
