Connect

Parent training is one of the most impactful and most challenging parts of a BCBA's role. Yet many clinicians enter the field feeling underprepared for the emotional, relational, and instructional demands of working directly with caregivers.

Connect was written to close that gap.

Equipping Behavior Analysts to Lead Parent Training with Clarity, Compassion, and Confidence

This book provides BCBAs with a clear, ethical, and humane framework for delivering parent training that supports real skill development, without coercion or rigid protocols. Rather than focusing on compliance or short-term behavior reduction, Connect centers caregiver learning, collaboration, and sustainability.

Grounded in contemporary applied behavior analysis and informed by psychological flexibility principles, Connect equips clinicians to confidently lead parent training sessions, navigate resistance and misalignment, and support caregivers through change with clarity and care.

This is not a book of canned scripts or one-size-fits-all programs. It is a practical, clinically grounded guide for how to show up as a BCBA in parent training.

What You'll Learn

In Connect, you'll learn how to:

• Structure parent training sessions using a clear, repeatable framework

• Communicate with caregivers using reflective, validating, and collaborative language

• Support caregiver skill development rather than enforcing follow-through

• Navigate emotionally charged sessions with steadiness and professionalism

• Track caregiver growth using a skills-based lens

• Choose session focus areas flexibly when plans don't fit

• Close parent training programs ethically without creating dependence
  
  What's Included

  This book includes:

• A foundational training section for BCBAs entering parent training work

• The 3 C's Framework (Connect-Clarify-Coach) for session structure

• Eight parent training modules with clinician guides and parent worksheets

• A Caregiver Skill Repertoires Tracker to guide coaching decisions

• A comprehensive Parent Training Topic Bank with 50+ flexible focus ideas

• BCBA Session Cards for live session support

• Step-by-step guidance for implementing sessions and using tools

• Session planning checklists and reflection support

  Who This Book Is For

• Newly certified BCBAs who feel underprepared for parent training

• Experienced clinicians seeking a more humane, collaborative approach

• Supervisors training BCBAs in consultation and parent coaching

• Behavior analysts working in home, clinic, or school settings