A guide for consultants when conducting a formal review of the motivation systems. The consultant delivers conceptual feedback to Teaching Parents to increase the systems effectiveness.
In any home setting it is difficult to find that line between what is acceptable behavior and what is not acceptable behavior. Learn to find that line and set high expectations for youth achievement.
There are times when all children lose emotional control and become angry. The Intensive Teaching Procedure will help you calm the youth, stay calm yourself, and work through the issue in a systematic and effective way.
Every youth in placement has a Treatment Plan. The Behavioral Support Plan helps you set individualized, strengths-based goals and strategies utilizing the Teaching Family Model.
When youth are placed away from home, they need to learn skills that will help them find success once they leave a structured program. Find out what skills they need and how to teach them!
Instead of addressing every youth behavior, learn to teach skills to the youth. Skills are a set of preferred behaviors that can generalize to other settings or situations.
This Values Card allows Practitioners to work with Adolescents on introducing values, recognizing Adolescents when they do well, and provide guidance when their actions do not align to the stated values.
This Values Card allows Practitioners to work with Pre-Adolescents on introducing values, recognizing Pre-Adolescents when they do well, and provide guidance when their actions do not align to the stated values.
This Values Card allows Practitioners to work with young children on introducing values, recognizing young children when they do well, and provide guidance when their actions do not align to the stated values.
The Teaching Family Model incorporates Resiliency Theory in its design and application. See how the TFM program components strengthen the youths chances for success.
Each Teaching Parent has the opportunity to be certified if the agency is a Certified Sponsor Site of the Teaching Family Association. If the site qualifies, this module provides a review of the certification criteria and process.
Teaching Parents, as direct care providers, need support and guidance to operate a successful program. This module defines the role of the supervisor in a Teaching Family Model program.
Having a good working relationship with school personnel is important because it increases the chances that the youth in the Teaching Parents care will be more successful at school.
Learn how to write behavioral support plans that are individualized and strengths-based. Define Teaching Parent strategies that are proactive in nature and effective in helping youth learn valuable skills.
A lot of information is gathered and reviewed during the evaluation process. This module provides a format and guidelines for evaluation report writing.
The Teaching Family Model utilizes two methods for teaching self-government concepts: a family meeting and a youth leadership position called the manager. See how they work.