Behavioral Parent Training & Consultation

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Parent Training & Education

At SLBS, parents learn to use skills to better manage their child’s behavior.  We teach families about the basic principles of behavior and how these evidence based principles can be utilized in everyday situations. Training topics are chosen based on individual families’ needs.


Common Training Topics Include: 

  • Reinforcement vs. Punishment - including effective use of reinforcement
  • What is Bribery? How is it different than reinforcement? 
  • Determining & understanding the functions of behavior
  • Establishing and maintaining instructional control 
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Focused Behavioral Consultation 

Often paired with parent training, focused consultation services are designed to help parents improve their child’s ability to complete specific everyday routines. We work with parents to create an individualized plan of action to strategically and systematically teach children new behaviors to replace challenging behaviors.


Skills that could be addressed through behavioral consultation include:

  • meal-time challenges (including picky eaters)
  • morning and bedtime routines
  • cleaning up toys
  • obsessive, perseverative, or rigid behaviors
  • difficulty with changes in routine
  • transitioning throughout the day
  • potty training
  • seemingly random tantrums or “melt-downs”
  • safety concerns

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Areas of Specialty

At SLBS we utilize behavioral principles to address a variety of concerns. Children with a variety of diagnosis or no diagnosis at all can benefit from behaviorally based interventions. We have experience working with children with our without a formal diagnosis. See below for some of our experiences. 

Our Experiences

We have experience working with children with or without a formal diagnosis. 

Formal diagnosis

  • Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
  • Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Cognitive Impairments
  • Developmental Delays
  • Learning Disabilities & Differences
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

General Characteristics

  • General defiance or refusal to complete tasks
  • Difficulty with transitions
  • Picky eaters or other meal related issues
  • Aggression towards siblings, peers, and parents
  • Negative reactions when told ‘no’
  • Insistence of specific routines, placement of objects, and other rigid or non-flexible behaviors
  • Frequent and/or intense tantrums or melt-downs
  • Executive Functioning deficits 

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From The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

"More young children 2 to 5 years of age receiving care for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) could benefit from psychological services – including the recommended treatment of behavior therapy."

Recommendations for Treatment of ADHD by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

"For children 6 years of age and older, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends both behavior therapy and medication as good options, preferably both together. For young children (under 6 years of age) with ADHD, behavior therapy is recommended as the first line of treatment, before medication is tried. Good treatment plans will include close monitoring of whether and how much the treatment helps the child’s behavior, and making changes as needed along the way.”


In short - tantrums and meltdowns are different behaviors, with different functions, and require different approaches

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ABA is often talked about as a treatment approach for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. 

However, behaviorally based interventions are effective when addressing a wide array of concerns!

What are Executive Functioning Issues - Understood.org explains...

"They’re not a learning disability on their own. Instead, they’re weaknesses in a set of important mental skills that are key to learning. Some people describe executive function as “the CEO of the brain." That’s because these skills allow us to set goals, plan and get things done. When kids struggle with executive skills, it impacts them in school and in everyday life."

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Phone:  (734) 325-4112

Email: [email protected]

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Located in Ann Arbor, MI

“Every child is a different kind of flower, and all together make this world a beautiful garden.” 


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