Specialist Parent Support Session
NDIS support available
Children are central to the family services we provide, and their caregivers are central to every intervention. Therefore, our brief-intervention individual parenting support session supports the caregivers supporting the child.
The specialist parent support session is a capacity-building intervention for parents and other caregivers, where child related concerns or behaviours are impacting heavily upon families or diminishing a child’s quality of life
It can be particularly helpful for caregivers who feel worried about a child in their care, encompassing:
Intact or separated families where parents are seeking specialist supports to address a concern
Grand-carers or grandparents requiring specialist support to manage challenging behaviour
Complex child history and worries about the child’s functioning and behaviour
Foster, kin, culturally defined, or alternative care families where the impact of trauma and/or involvement of child safety authorities requires specialised and consistent therapeutic parenting responses from the care-team
What to expect from the brief-intervention individual parenting session
This once-off, brief intervention session consists of a single extended consult between the primary caregiver and the counsellor which typically runs for 90 minutes. During the session, the child’s developmental history and relevant scientific literature will be explored to create a shared theoretical understanding of the concern. At least one evidence-based intervention, along with guidance around its implementation, will be provided.