Special Needs Coaching

Everyone is affected when a child has significant developmental, social or emotional challenges. Whatever the diagnosis – or even if you don’t yet have a diagnosis – if you’re parenting a child with special needs, your entire family feels the impact.

Family coaching addresses the well-being of all of you: parents, siblings and special needs child alike. It’s natural – and necessary – to focus a lot of energy on the child with special needs. But if you neglect yourself, your spouse, or your other children, everyone suffers.

Family coaches provide tools and strategies to help everyone thrive. Coaching offers an alternative or supplement to traditional therapy, focusing on sustainable daily routines and practical solutions to specific challenges. Coaching is effective in families living with Tourette’s, Asperger’s, autism, ADHD/ADD and a range of other conditions. Here are just a few of the issues family coaching can help you address:

Negotiating Differences
Parents often disagree about treatment options or how to handle behavior challenges. Family coaches help you identify shared values, understand your differences, and forge a unified team.

Navigating Institutions
Working with teachers, doctors and specialists, or choosing the best school or provider, can be challenging. Coaches walk you through the process, finding strategies that ensure the best outcome for your child.

Balancing Children’s Needs
It’s not easy being the sibling of a special needs child. Siblings may feel invisible, resentful, or overly responsible. Coaches help you build routines that meet the needs of all your children.

Taking Care of Yourself
Coaches help you find ways to nurture yourself and strengthen the relationships that support you, increasing your reserves of energy, power and hope.

Our coaching methodology is grounded in the latest research about parenting and healthy child development, from UCLA and around the world. Our family coaches are either licensed mental health providers or experienced individuals we train and supervise.

COACHES
Eileen Escarce, PhD

Call 310.395.5650 to make an appointment or find out more, or email us at info@uclacommons.com. Telephone coaching is also available.

COST: $95/session; $450/5 sessions; $800/10 sessions