There is no denying that parenting a child with challenging behavioral or emotional concerns is tough, but it doesn’t have to be overwhelming and you don’t have to figure everything out on your own. Through education on child development and highly researched behavioral strategies, you can move past feeling stuck and find more peace in parenting— all backed by science and from the comfort of your own home.

 

Our clinical parenting groups led by our child psychologists offer a short-term, convenient, and cost-effective solution to helping you and your child with challenging behaviors related to attention problems (ADHD/ADD), anxiety and OCD, sleep problems, autism, and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). A formal diagnosis is not required to join a group.

  

Summer 2024 Groups:

 
Supportive Parenting for Challenging Behaviors

This is a 5-week virtual group based on evidence-based treatments for managing challenging childhood behaviors. Parents will learn positive parenting strategies for behaviors related to sleeping, eating, following directions, temper tantrums, and calming down. 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. This group is for parents of children ages 2 to 8 years. Fee: $70/session.

This group meets once per week virtually from 12:00 - 1:15pm or 6:00pm - 7:15pm.

**Next group starts Summer 2024 - Dates TBD

Led by Dr. Kayla LaRosa, Licensed Psychologist

 

Supportive Parenting for Child Anxiety

This is an 8-week virtual group based on the evidence-based treatment, SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) developed by Dr. Eli Lebowitz at the Yale Child Study Center. Meetings will teach parents how to respond to their child’s anxiety in a supportive way, while also reducing accommodations they've been making for their child's anxiety. This group is appropriate for the most common anxiety disorders that children face including generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, separation anxiety, and social anxiety. This group is for parents of children ages 4 to 17 years. Fee: $70/session.

This group meets once per week virtually from 12:00 - 1:15pm or 6:00pm - 7:15pm.

**Next group starts Summer 2024 - Dates TBD

  

Supportive Parenting for Teen ADHD

This is an 8-week group that teaches parent strategies for raising teens with ADHD. Meetings will help parents better understand their teen's ADHD symptoms and how to accommodate them at home and school. The parenting strategies taught aim to improve the child’s behavior, motivation, self-control, executive functioning, and self-esteem and the parent’s confidence in their ability to help their child. This group is for parents of children ages 11 to 19 years. Fee: $70/session.

This group meets once per week virtually from 12:00 - 1:15pm or 6:00pm - 7:15pm.

**Next group starts Summer 2024 - Dates TBD

  

Parents with ADHD Parenting Children with ADHD

This is an 8-week group for parents of children with ADHD who also have ADHD themselves. Having ADHD puts a unique spin on parenting. Meetings will help parents take care of themselves, better understand behaviors characteristic of child and adult ADHD and the effective strategies for managing them, and provide a safe space for parents to share their challenges among a group of parents who understand and relate. This group is for parents/caregivers of children all ages. Parents who have ADHD, but their child does not, are also welcome.

This group meets every other week virtually for 75 minutes and is offered at a time that works for everyone in the group (because that's how ADHD works!). The group starts as soon as the waitlist is full. Fee: $70/session.

 

 Important Information About Our Groups:
 
Groups are kept small to ensure time for sharing and individualized problem solving. New groups are started as soon as the waitlist is full so please complete the form below if interested in a current or future group.

Fee = $70 per session paid in full or across two payments as needed. There are no refunds to ensure the quality of the group. We accept debit/credit and HSA/FSA cards.

A screening assessment is available to parents who would like to better pinpoint problem areas before starting a group. It is not required. The fee is $275. You will receive a standardized child behavior rating scale that screens for a range of childhood problems including ADHD, anxiety, autism, emotional disorders, and depression. We will then meet briefly by video call to review the results and recommendations for next steps. Other relevant resources/referrals will be shared as needed. This is not a substitute for a comprehensive psychological evaluation but can help determine the need for one. More information on our comprehensive evaluations can be found here.

Insurance: Health insurance companies are funny about covering clinical parent training groups. It typically falls under "multiple-family group psychotherapy", which is not usually covered by private health insurance. We can still provide you with an invoice to submit for out-of-network reimbursement if you are interested. We do our best to include all details necessary that make it more likely to be approved, but can't guarantee coverage. Please include this on your registration form if interested. We also accept HSA/FSA cards, which do not need approval.

Cancellation Policy: In order to ensure the quality of our groups, there are no refunds or makeup dates for the group. We keep groups small to allow for them to be as individualized as possible, which also means the quality is reduced by even just one parent cancelling. Please contact us if any emergency arises, and we will work with you to develop a plan for going forward.

Please complete the interest form below to get started.