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A critical component of successful treatment for all JRC students is the assistance and collaboration of parents and family members. JRC offers a training program for parents/guardians/siblings in the principles underlying behavior modification treatment at JRC. This training program will provide family members with the tools necessary for maximizing students’ treatment progress, and for increasing students’ ability to maintain progress during home visits, and following transition/discharge from JRC. This parent training initiative provides family members with a comprehensive understanding of the rationale and methods of behavior modification, and will assist family members in developing the skills to assist in creating progress for students. Collaboration from family is indeed crucial to the behavioral, academic, social and vocational success of any student. As part of the admissions process for all students, JRC requests parents/guardians to participate in a day-long training at JRC, with travel and accommodations facilitated by JRC. During this training day, parents/guardians/siblings will have the opportunity to work intensively with the student’s assigned clinician and other treatment staff in learning the basic principles of behavior modification and their implementation. This training will also emphasize the various ways in which a particular student is likely to respond to behavior modification and will seek family members’ assistance in planning the treatment for the student. This training will allow family members to understand and anticipate difficulties which typically arise during the treatment process and will assist them in navigating their own reactions along the way. Click here to view some video clips that two of our doctoral level clinicians created dealing with complaints that parents can expect from our students, explaining some reasons for the systems the students will be complaining about, explaining why complaining behavior is strong in our students’ repertoires, and suggesting techniques for dealing with the complaints. |
