Overview

• Overview

• Foundations for Change

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  • Understanding Your Child’s Behavior

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  • Root causes of challenging behaviors (e.g., emotional regulation, sensory needs, unmet needs)

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  • The role of connection and consistency

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  • Activity: Behavior Reflection Worksheet

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  • Quiz: Understanding Your Child’s Behavior

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• Creating a Behavior-Friendly Home Environment

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  • The power of structure and routines

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  • Sensory-friendly adjustments

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  • Activity: Home Environment Audit

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  • Resource: Printable Daily Routine Chart

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  • Quiz: Creating a Behavior-Friendly Home Environment

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• The Power of Positive Reinforcement

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• Emotional Regulation Strategies

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  • Teaching Your Child to Identify and Express Emotions

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  • Expanding emotional vocabulary

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  • Using stories and visuals

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  • Activity: Emotion Face Cards Game

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  • Quiz: Teaching Your Child to Identify and Express Emotions

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• Helping Your Child Calm Down Effectively

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  • Brain-body connection in regulation

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  • Sensory-based strategies

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  • Activity: Calm Down Corner Setup

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  • Resource: Printable Calm Down Toolkit

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  • Quiz: Helping Your Child Calm Down Effectively

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• Mindfulness & Breathwork for Kids

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  • Simple mindfulness techniques that work

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  • Breathing exercises tailored to young children

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  • Activity: "Five-Finger Breathing" Exercise

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  • Resource: Audio-guided Kids’ Mindfulness Meditation

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  • Quiz: Mindfulness & Breathwork for Kids

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• Strengthening Parent-Child Connection

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  • Special Time & Connection Rituals

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  • The impact of one-on-one time

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  • Ideas for meaningful rituals

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  • Activity: 10-Minute Special Time Challenge

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  • Quiz: Strengthening Parent-Child Connection

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• Love and Logic: Allowing Natural Consequences

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  • How to set boundaries while fostering independence

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  • Shifting from control to guidance

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  • Activity: “Choice and Consequence” Reflection Chart

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  • Resource: Parenting with Love & Logic by Cline & Fay

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  • Quiz: Love and Logic: Allowing Natural Consequences

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• Empowering Your Child Through Choices

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  • The psychology of choice in behavior

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  • How to offer age-appropriate options

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  • Activity: “Two Positive Choices” Practice

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  • Resource: Printable List of Developmentally-Appropriate Choices

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  • Quiz: Empowering Your Child Through Choices

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• Managing Defiance and Big Feelings

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  • The ‘First-Then’ Approach to Compliance

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  • How to increase follow-through without power struggles

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  • Examples for different age groups

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  • Activity: Creating First-Then Boards

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  • Quiz: Managing Defiance and Big Feelings

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• The Time-In Alternative to Time-Outs

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  • Why traditional time-outs don’t work for all kids

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  • How to implement time-ins effectively

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  • Activity: Building a Comfort & Regulation Spot

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  • Resource: Printable Time-In Guide

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  • Quiz: The Time-In Alternative to Time-Outs

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• Transforming Tantrums into Teachable Moments

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  • What’s happening in your child’s brain during a meltdown

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  • How to co-regulate and de-escalate effectively

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  • Activity: The “Name It to Tame It” Strategy

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  • Resource: Emotion-Coaching Script Cheat Sheet

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  • Quiz: Transforming Tantrums into Teachable Moments

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• Reducing Sibling Rivalry & Social Conflicts

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  • Encouraging Cooperative Sibling Play

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  • Setting the stage for positive sibling interactions

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  • Preventing fights before they happen

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  • Activity: “We Work Together” Challenge

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• Teaching Conflict Resolution Skills

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  • How to guide children through problem-solving

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  • Moving from “fix it for them” to “coach them”

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  • Activity: The “I Message” Role-Play Game

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  • Resource: Conflict Resolution Sentence Starters

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  • Quiz: Teaching Conflict Resolution Skills

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• Building Empathy and Emotional Intelligence

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  • Why empathy matters for behavior

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  • Simple ways to nurture emotional intelligence daily

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  • Activity: Kindness Jar Project

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  • Resource: UnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed by Michele Borba

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• Encouraging Responsibility & Independence

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  • Teaching Kids to Follow Through on Responsibilities

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  • The balance of expectations and autonomy

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  • Creating visual supports for accountability

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• Encouraging Growth Mindset and Problem-Solving

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  • Why failure is essential for learning

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  • Shifting from “I can’t” to “I can’t yet”

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  • Activity: The “What Can You Try?” Challenge

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  • Resource: Mindset by Carol Dweck (Parent Summary PDF)

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  • Quiz: Encouraging Growth Mindset and Problem-Solving

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• Building Long-Term Self-Regulation Skills

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  • Preparing for future challenges with emotional intelligence

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  • How to scaffold skills across childhood

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  • Activity: Future-Self Visualization Exercise

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  • Resource: Printable “My Growth Journey” Journal

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  • Quiz: Building Long-Term Self-Regulation Skills

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• Implementation & Ongoing Support

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  • Developing Your Family’s Custom Behavior Plan

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  • Identifying top priorities

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  • Creating a realistic implementation plan

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  • Resource: Family Behavior Transformation Workbook

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  • Quiz: Implementation & Ongoing Support

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• Q&A and Troubleshooting Common Challenges

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  • Addressing roadblocks

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  • When to seek additional support

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• Parent Community & Ongoing Support

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  • Access to private support group

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  • Monthly check-ins and resource updates

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  • Quiz: Parent Community & Ongoing Support

Overview

Children aren’t “bad”—they are often overwhelmed, dysregulated, or struggling with skills they haven’t learned yet.

This course teaches parents practical, evidence-informed tools to help children manage big emotions, reduce challenging behaviors, and strengthen family relationships.

Through short lessons, guided activities, and printable tools, you’ll learn how to support your child’s emotional development while creating a calmer and more connected home.

Module 1: Foundations for Change

Understanding Your Child’s Behavior

Parents will learn how behavior communicates unmet needs.

Lessons:

• Understanding Your Child’s Behavior

• Root Causes of Challenging Behaviors
  (emotional regulation, sensory needs, unmet needs)

• The Role of Connection and Consistency

Activity:
Behavior Reflection Worksheet

Quiz:
Understanding Your Child’s Behavior

Module 2: Creating a Behavior-Friendly Home Environment

Children thrive in environments that support regulation.

Lessons:

• The Power of Structure and Routines

• Sensory-Friendly Adjustments for Home

Activity:
Home Environment Audit

Resource:
Printable Daily Routine Chart

Quiz:
Creating a Behavior-Friendly Home Environment

Module 3: The Power of Positive Reinforcement

Parents learn how to encourage cooperation and strengthen positive behaviors.

Lessons:

• Why Positive Reinforcement Works

• Catching Your Child Doing Something Right

• How Praise Builds Emotional Regulation

Activity:
Positive Reinforcement Tracker

Resource:
Praise & Encouragement Script Guide

Quiz:
The Power of Positive Reinforcement

Module 4: Emotional Regulation Strategies

Teaching Your Child to Identify and Express Emotions

Lessons:

• Expanding Emotional Vocabulary

• Using Stories and Visuals to Teach Feelings

Activity:
Emotion Face Cards Game

Quiz:
Teaching Your Child to Identify and Express Emotions

Module 5: Helping Your Child Calm Down Effectively

Lessons:

• The Brain–Body Connection in Emotional Regulation

• Sensory-Based Regulation Strategies

Activity:
Creating a Calm Down Corner

Resource:
Printable Calm Down Toolkit

Quiz:
Helping Your Child Calm Down

Module 6: Mindfulness & Breathwork for Kids

Lessons:

• Simple Mindfulness Techniques That Work

• Breathing Exercises for Young Children

Activity:
Five-Finger Breathing Exercise

Resource:
Audio-Guided Kids’ Mindfulness Meditation

Quiz:
Mindfulness & Breathwork

Module 7: Strengthening Parent–Child Connection

Lessons:

• Special Time and Connection Rituals

• The Power of One-on-One Time

• Daily Rituals That Strengthen Attachment

Activity:
10-Minute Special Time Challenge

Quiz:
Strengthening Parent–Child Connection

Module 8: Love & Logic Parenting

Lessons:

• Setting Boundaries While Fostering Independence

• Moving from Control to Guidance

Activity:
Choice & Consequence Reflection Chart

Resource:
Parenting with Love & Logic by Cline & Fay

Quiz:
Love & Logic Parenting

Module 9: Empowering Children Through Choices

Lessons:

• The Psychology of Choice

• Offering Age-Appropriate Options

Activity:
Two Positive Choices Practice

Resource:
Developmentally Appropriate Choice List

Quiz:
Empowering Children Through Choices

Module 10: Managing Defiance and Big Feelings

Lessons:

• The First–Then Approach to Compliance

• Increasing Follow-Through Without Power Struggles

• Examples by Age Group

Activity:
Create a First–Then Board

Quiz:
Managing Defiance

Module 11: Time-In vs. Time-Out

Lessons:

• Why Time-Out Doesn’t Work for Many Children

• How to Use Time-Ins for Regulation

Activity:
Building a Regulation Spot

Resource:
Printable Time-In Guide

Quiz:
Time-In Parenting

Module 12: Transforming Tantrums into Teachable Moments

Lessons:

• What Happens in the Brain During a Meltdown

• Co-Regulation and De-escalation Techniques

Activity:
Name It to Tame It Strategy

Resource:
Emotion Coaching Script Cheat Sheet

Quiz:
Transforming Tantrums

Module 13: Reducing Sibling Conflict

Lessons:

• Encouraging Cooperative Play

• Preventing Sibling Conflicts

Activity:
We Work Together Challenge

Quiz:
Reducing Sibling Rivalry

Module 14: Teaching Conflict Resolution

Lessons:

• Guiding Children Through Problem Solving

• Coaching Instead of Fixing

Activity:
I-Message Role Play

Resource:
Conflict Resolution Sentence Starters

Quiz:
Teaching Conflict Resolution

Module 15: Building Empathy and Emotional Intelligence

Lessons:

• Why Empathy Matters

• Daily Ways to Build Emotional Intelligence

Activity:
Kindness Jar Project

Resource:
UnSelfie by Michele Borba (Parent Summary)

Quiz:
Building Empathy

Module 16: Encouraging Responsibility & Independence

Lessons:

• Teaching Follow-Through

• Balancing Expectations with Autonomy

• Visual Supports for Accountability

Activity:
Family Responsibility Chart

Quiz:
Encouraging Responsibility

Module 17: Growth Mindset & Problem-Solving

Lessons:

• Why Failure Is Essential for Learning

• Shifting from “I Can’t” to “I Can’t Yet”

Activity:
What Can You Try? Challenge

Resource:
Mindset by Carol Dweck (Parent Summary)

Quiz:
Growth Mindset

Module 18: Building Long-Term Self-Regulation Skills

Lessons:

• Preparing Children for Future Emotional Challenges

• Scaffolding Emotional Skills Across Childhood

Activity:
Future Self Visualization Exercise

Resource:
My Growth Journey Journal

Quiz:
Long-Term Self-Regulation

Module 19: Implementation & Family Behavior Plan

Lessons:

• Developing Your Family Behavior Plan

• Identifying Top Priorities

• Creating a Realistic Implementation Strategy

Resource:
Family Behavior Transformation Workbook

Quiz:
Implementation

Module 20: Q&A and Troubleshooting

Lessons:

• Addressing Common Roadblocks

• When to Seek Additional Support

Quiz:
Troubleshooting

Module 21: Parent Community & Ongoing Support

Lessons:

• Access to Private Parent Community

• Monthly Check-ins and Updated Resources

Quiz:
Parent Support Community

What Parents Will Gain

By the end of this course, parents will:

✔ Understand the root causes of challenging behavior
✔ Learn practical emotional regulation tools
✔ Reduce power struggles and defiance
✔ Build stronger parent–child connection
✔ Teach children lifelong emotional intelligence skills

What You’ll Get:

    Access to the Mini-Course: Dive into our expertly crafted mini-course that provides practical tools and techniques to help your child navigate their emotions.

    Printable Workbook: Receive a printable workbook filled with engaging activities and coping skills tailored for kids. This resource is perfect for reinforcing the lessons learned in the course.

    Live Group Coaching Sessions: Join our monthly live group coaching sessions where you can drop in and get personalized advice and support from our experienced coaches.

    Private Online Support Group: Connect with other parents in our private online support group hosted on Facebook or Wix Spaces. Share experiences, ask questions, and find a community of support.

Why Choose Us?

With over 18 years of experience in helping children with ADHD, ODD, attachment disorders, anxiety, and emotional dysregulation, Rocky Mountain Behavioral Consultants brings a wealth of knowledge and compassionate expertise to this course. Our integrative methods, including Montessori, Depth Psychology, and Relational Therapies, ensure a holistic approach to your child’s emotional well-being.