What is a Parent Training for Children with Behavioral Difficulties Group?
Learn more about the group from, Dr. Erika Stapert:
Each session will utilize a combination of instruction and role-play to teach a variety of parenting skills aimed at improving your child's behavior. There will also be time each week dedicated to being able to interact with other parents regarding the shared experience of raising a child and the challenges that it presents.
Who can benefit from a Parent Training for Children with Behavioral Difficulties Group?
Our Parent Training for Children with Behavioral Difficulties Group is tailored for parents of children ages 3-12. It is specifically designed for parents of children who may have:
- Non-compliance and oppositional behavior
- Aggressive behaviors
- Behavioral difficulties at school and at home
- Negative attention-seeking behaviors (e.g., whining, tantrums)
- Psychoeducation on childhood behavior problems
What are the components of a Parent Training for Children with Behavioral Difficulties Group?
During the sessions, participants will practice skills and learn strategies to improve daily functioning, including:
- Develop concrete parenting skills that can be used to improve your child's behavior and listening skills.
- Learn how to play with your child in a way that increases their self-esteem; decreases anxiety, anger or frustration; improves the parent-child bond; and increases positive behavior.
- Learn concrete strategies for dealing with oppositional and aggressive behavior.
- Learn ways to collaborate with teachers in improving your child's behavior at school.
What are the goals of a Parent Training for Children with Behavioral Difficulties Group?
The Parent Training Group participants aim to achieve:
- Improving your child's behavior through the use of positive attention and effective discipline strategies
- Addressing aggressive behaviors
- Learning to play with your child in a way that provides a therapeutic effect and leads to better behavior
- Improving your child's behavior at school
Group schedule
Groups run based on interest. If you're interested in one of our groups, please contact us. For skill building and support related to the benefits of this group, MPG can also create a tailored treatment plan based on individual service(s) or other types of support if there is not a group actively running at the time.
Group Leader(s)
- Groups are led by skilled clinicians and clinical trainees
Pricing
Early Bird pricing is available up to six weeks prior to the group start. Standard pricing is $850 total total ($150 per session), paid in full before the group starts. This fee includes the intake and 6 sessions. Intake includes a comprehensive intake packet and a brief in-person interview with the parents and child. The intake helps assess fit, understand the teen’s behavior, and identify goals for the program.
The abbreviated intake is a brief, 30-minute session conducted with the teen’s parent(s). This session helps assess the teen's current level of functioning, identify at-risk symptomatology, and determine group appropriateness.
An upfront payment of $150 is required for the intake session, which is waived for current MPG patients.
Assessment
An abbreviated intake session is required for families new to MPG to ensure proper group fit and provide necessary documentation for insurance reimbursement.
Cancellation Policy
There are no refunds or makeup dates for missed sessions. Full payment is required upfront.
