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ABAI Presentation Resources · Tool 07

Parent Well-Being Conversation Guide

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A non-diagnostic check-in about support needs and service fit.

Presentation companion • Newly written educational practice aid informed by the sources identified below. This is not a validated assessment or a diagnostic instrument. Adapt collaboratively within your training, role, and consented services.

  1. Ask permission: “Would it be okay to discuss how the current schedule is working for you?”
  2. How manageable do the service demands feel?
  3. What helps you recharge or feel supported?
  4. Would you like help identifying other support services?
  5. If the caregiver requests mental health support beyond your competence, discuss referral and coordinate with consent.
  6. Collect only information relevant to services; explain how it will be used.

Conceptual sources: (Behavior Analyst Certification Board [BACB], 2020; Taylor et al., 2019). The specific prompts and examples are newly written teaching suggestions, rather than tested protocols from these sources.

Reflection & next step

What did the caregiver identify as most important?

What will we change, who will do it, and when will we review it?

How will we ask whether the change was helpful?

Material credit: Newly written instructional synthesis prepared for PBHC’s presentation resource hub. The wording, prompts, illustrative dialogue, and worksheet layout are presentation materials, not reproduced author or publisher instruments. The cited authors are credited for the underlying concepts. These tools have not been validated; citation does not imply author endorsement.

References

Behavior Analyst Certification Board. (2020). Ethics code for behavior analysts. https://www.bacb.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Ethics-Code-for-Behavior-Analysts-240830-a.pdf

Taylor, B. A., LeBlanc, L. A., & Nosik, M. R. (2019). Compassionate care in behavior analytic treatment: Can outcomes be enhanced by attending to relationships with caregivers? Behavior Analysis in Practice, 12(3), 654–666. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-018-00289-3

Didiana (Didi) De La Osa, BCBA-D · ABAI presentation resource page