If you’re like many other parents of children with special needs, you have a challenging task ahead of you. You might wonder if you somehow caused the problem, how you’ll pay for the recommended treatment and if the treatment will really work. You might wonder what you can do to help your child and how to balance your child’s special needs with those of the other family members. You may need help to prioritize services or advocate for your child in certain situations. You may feel as if you’re the only parent in the world facing these continuous challenges. Or, you might worry about whether your child will ever be able to live independently. The staff at the Cyzner Institute wants to help.

We have expanded our parent coaching program. Just as we have been able to customize your child’s education, we will now be able to customize other services for you as well through our Case Management, Consulting Services, and Parent Coaching Program. Please note that these services go beyond the scope of quarterly progress reports and parent-teacher routine correspondence and conferences. They are available for any of our current clients, not just those enrolled in the weekday program. These services are also available to members of the community who wish to partake in such services at the institute.

Services offered include but are not limited to:

• ABA home programs
  
  
• Reports and/or phone consultation with other professionals and physicians involved in your child’s care
  
  
• Emails to answer educational and clinical questions that go beyond the scope of consultation done post a 1:1 session or through daily correspondence with your child’s weekday program teacher
  
  
• Attending meetings such as IEP meetings to serve as an advocate or other team meetings
  
  
• Helping you prioritize and schedule therapies and other interventions
  
  
• “Organization 101” – helping parents organize afternoon time, calendars, children’s rooms (desks, closets, etc.)

Home visits which can encompass a variety of services depending upon the family’s needs such as behavior management, setting up a play room, creating greater mobility with increased safety in your home, potty training, and working on feeding issues (that are safe and appropriate for your case manager to help you with – otherwise, this may need to be done in conjunction with an occupational therapist on staff).