AZA United offers a unique approach to behavior coaching called Clinical Family Coaching. The purpose of this program is to improve the stability of family lives, by identifying high priority behavior challenges and training family members to use effective behavior change methods. Clinical Family Coaching is for children, adolescents or teenagers with autism and their parents/guardians in Maricopa County. Individuals are commonly referred to our program for the treatment of self-injury, physical aggression, noncompliance, extreme tantrums, elopement (running away from caregivers), and other high-risk behaviors.
The first principle we teach in our Clinical Family Coaching program is High Quality Praise. Why? Because the use of high-quality praise is one of the fastest, most effective ways to create behavior change.
Here are five simple changes you can make to your praise that will help you see really big changes in the way your children behave.
That’s it! Five easy changes to ensure that your praise will help support the changes you want to see in your family. It will take some practice but your efforts to change yourself will return great dividends in your home. Good luck and get ready to pour on the high-quality praise!
Here is a graphic (click here to print it) that you can use to remind you of the five qualities of effective praise and to use them every day.
AZA United is here to help individuals with autism and other needs, parents and caregivers so together they can all succeed. If you would like to learn more about our Clinical Family Coaching or other services we offer, please contact us here and check out our list of services and their descriptions by clicking here.