Caregiver Coaching
A focused consultation to help you understand your child’s needs, make sense of recommendations, and identify practical next steps.
When you're facing overwhelming information — from evaluations to service options — consultation provides a clear roadmap to understand what's happening and prioritize what matters most.
When you're facing overwhelming information — from evaluations to service options — consultation provides a clear roadmap to understand what's happening and prioritize what matters most.
Caregiver Coaching
A focused consultation to help you understand your child’s needs, make sense of recommendations, and identify practical next steps.
What We Can Focus On
A consultation is for when you need clarity around a specific situation, question, or decision. We can review records, talk through recommendations or services, prepare for an upcoming meeting, or focus on questions about your child's behavior and needs.
Common reasons families schedule a consultation:
You received an evaluation or diagnosis and aren't sure what it means or what to do next
You're getting conflicting advice from providers, schools, or family members
You have a meeting coming up (school, IEP, provider) and want to feel prepared
You want someone to help you understand a report, assessment, or set of recommendations
You have questions about your child's behavior but aren't sure where to start
You're considering services and want to know what would actually be useful
How We Work: The P.A.T.H Framework
This isn't about handing you a list of strategies. It's about making sense of the whole picture so you can move forward with clarity.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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Consultation is for stepping back and making sense of what is happening. A 90-minute consultation may focus on a specific concern, reviewing information or recommendations, preparing for a school or provider meeting, navigating services, or identifying practical next steps.
Coaching is more action-focused. A coaching session may be used to work through a current challenge, troubleshoot what has been tried, adjust an approach, or focus on something happening in everyday life. Coaching may be scheduled as a single session or across multiple sessions when more support would be helpful.
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No — a diagnosis is not required to reach out. Open Path works with a wide range of children and teens, from youth struggling with school refusal, significant conflict, emotional or behavioral concerns, or repeated crises, to neurodivergent children including those with autism or ADHD, to children with no formal diagnosis at all.
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No. Consultation and Coaching are caregiver-focused, so your child does not need to attend.
This gives caregivers space to talk openly about what is happening, ask questions, and work through concerns without also having to manage the conversation around the child.
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No. Caregiver Consultation and Coaching are private-pay services, and Open Path does not bill insurance directly. A superbill can be provided upon request if you would like to explore possible out-of-network reimbursement through your insurance plan. Reimbursement is not guaranteed.
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es. If a document is relevant to what you want help with, it can be shared in advance. This might include an IEP, FBA, behavior plan, evaluation, treatment recommendation, discharge summary, or other information you are trying to understand or apply.
Relevant information is reviewed before the session so your consultation does not have to begin with you explaining everything from scratch.
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Yes. Caregiver Consultation and Coaching are provided virtually, making it easier to meet from home without adding travel, childcare, or another appointment location to your day.
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All services include review of the intake form and relevant information submitted in advance, so session time can stay focused on the concerns you want to work through.
Caregiver Consultation
Includes a 90-minute consultation and written follow-up summarizing key recommendations, resources, and priorities discussed during the session.Individual Coaching Session
Includes one 60-minute coaching session and brief written follow-up summarizing key takeaways and what to try or focus on moving forward.Caregiver Coaching Package
Includes three 60-minute coaching sessions, review of what happened between sessions, adjustments as needed, and brief written follow-up after each session. -
No. Recommendations cannot be based on perfect circumstances.
Real life includes rushed mornings, exhausting evenings, competing responsibilities, unexpected changes, and days when everyone has less capacity. An approach that only works when everything goes smoothly is not especially useful when you need it most.
Whether we are consulting or coaching, the goal is to identify approaches that make sense for your child and are realistic enough for your family to use on the harder days too.
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Yes. Coaching can provide support during the gap while you are waiting for in-home, outpatient, or other ongoing services to begin.
Rather than simply waiting, sessions can focus on what is happening at home now — trying manageable changes, working through difficult patterns, and adjusting as you learn more about what helps.
Coaching is not intended to replace a service or level of care your child needs, but it can provide meaningful support in the meantime.
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Yes. More than one caregiver can participate when it would be helpful.
Families do not always see things the same way or respond to situations in the same way. Having multiple caregivers involved can help bring those perspectives together and identify an approach that feels realistic for the people actually carrying it out.
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Yes. If you would like continued support after completing the initial three-session package, discounted extension packages are available.
This allows you to continue building on the work already underway without having to start over.
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That is a good use of a Consultation. You may have evaluations, school documents, recommendations from different providers, or years of history and still feel unsure what matters most right now.
Consultation gives us time to sort through the information, connect what may be related, identify where things are unclear or conflicting, and focus on what is most relevant to the concern bringing you in.
You do not need to have everything figured out before reaching out. A free 20-minute introductory call is a chance to briefly share what is bringing you in, ask questions, and determine whether Consultation or Coaching may be a good fit.