Course Description: The first session with a family can shape the entire trajectory of early intervention services. Starting strong means shifting from provider-led treatment to a collaborative coaching partnership from day one. This session gives providers concrete strategies to introduce the coaching model, build caregiver buy-in, and embed intervention into meaningful routines from the start. Using practical tools, scripts, and charts, participants will learn how to set achievable goals, maintain fidelity, and create the conditions for long-term success in caregiver coaching relationships.
Earn your course certificate for 1.50 CMHs upon course completion.
Learning Objectives:
- Demonstrate strategies for introducing the coaching model to families in a way that builds understanding and trust.
- Apply routines-based practices to collaboratively identify family priorities and embed learning opportunities from the start.
- Implement adult-learning strategies during home visits by tailoring coaching techniques to each family’s readiness, priorities, and routines.
You’re One Step Away from Confitting, Family-Centered Coaching From Day One
This isn’t just a course. It’s a practical shift in how you partner with families — starting with your very first interaction.
From Day One: Building Coaching Foundations with Families was created for clinicians, educators, and service providers who want to move beyond “giving recommendations” and into meaningful, collaborative coaching relationships that lead to real change.
If you’ve ever wondered:
- How do I set the tone with families from the first session?
- How do I gain caregiver buy-in without sounding scripted?
- How do I move from expert-driven to partnership-driven practice?
This course gives you clear, usable answers — not just theory.
What’s Included
From Day One: Building Coaching Foundations with Families
A step-by-step training focused on establishing trust, setting expectations, and implementing coaching strategies that support families from the very beginning of services. You’ll leave with practical language, structure, and confidence you can use immediately.
1.5 Hour CMH Certificate
Upon completion, you’ll receive a Continuing Mental Health certificate for 1.5 hours — ideal for professional development, credentialing requirements, and demonstrating your commitment to evidence-informed, family-centered care.
Bonus Training: “Getting Started” Interview with Shubha Kashinath, PhD
Included with your enrollment is an exclusive interview with Dr. Kashinath sharing how she initiates family partnerships, builds early rapport, and establishes collaborative momentum from the start. This bonus offers rare insight from one of the leading voices in caregiver coaching.
Why This Course Matters
Strong family partnerships don’t happen by accident. They are built intentionally — through structure, language, mindset, and skill. This course helps you:
- Transition from directive therapy models to collaborative coaching
- Increase caregiver engagement and follow-through
- Reduce frustration and stalled progress
- Feel prepared and grounded in early sessions
- Bring evidence-aligned coaching principles into everyday practice
Everything is designed to be practical, approachable, and immediately applicable.
Enrollment Gives You
- Instant access to the full course
- One year of unlimited viewing
- Downloadable certificate upon completion
- Bonus expert interview content
- Tools you can begin using today
Ready to Strengthen Your Coaching Work?
If you want families to feel confident, supported, and invested from the very first session — this training will show you how.
Click Complete Enrollment to begin immediately.
If you’d like, I can also give you:
• A shorter “above-the-fold” version for the very top of the checkout page
• A slightly warmer, more conversational version
• Or pricing/urgency add-ons if you decide to use limited-time offers later
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During this recording, you will come across numerous videos featuring providers, children, and families. These recordings are intended exclusively for your private viewing and educational purposes.
You do not have permission to download, save, edit, or repurpose these videos for any other purposes nor team trainings.
These videos may NOT be downloaded, saved, edited, or reused for other trainings.
Course Information: Estimated Time: 85 minutes
Stacey Bryden, M.S., CCC-SLP, is a speech-language pathologist with over 20 years of expertise in home visiting and family-centered care. She advances the field by preparing the next generation of professionals through university lecturing and delivering professional development. Stacey is a sought-after presenter on topics such as caregiver coaching, routines-based intervention, neurodiversity-affirming practices, childhood apraxia of speech, and the impact of screen time.
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