Alternative Behavior Consultants provides Mental Health Counseling, Parenting and Educational Support Services for families and Behavioral Change Programs for individuals and groups. ABC is committed to offering opportunities to strengthen families and facilitate behavior change through psycho-educational groups, outpatient therapy, parent education and behavioral support services.
We provide these services in all venues including traditional office visits, in clients' homes, community programs, schools, and our own family Skills Center.
We provide these services in all venues including traditional office visits, in clients' homes, community programs, schools, and our own family Skills Center.
Services
To provide a safe and comfortable place for children to visit with their parents.
Parents and children are offered a relaxed and fun environment to meet for required visitation.
Our Center offers spacious rooms that reflect a home setting.
We offer families a full kitchen, six play rooms with toys and activities appropriate for infants to teens.
If community activity is approved, we have an adjoining park and local shops and restaurants within walking distance.
We do not believe in video monitors or two way mirrors but provide a respectful parent supervisor in the room at all times to assure safety and appropriate engagement and communication.
Parents and children are offered a relaxed and fun environment to meet for required visitation.
Our Center offers spacious rooms that reflect a home setting.
We offer families a full kitchen, six play rooms with toys and activities appropriate for infants to teens.
If community activity is approved, we have an adjoining park and local shops and restaurants within walking distance.
We do not believe in video monitors or two way mirrors but provide a respectful parent supervisor in the room at all times to assure safety and appropriate engagement and communication.
Class is a four-hour psych-educational program run by clinical and therapeutic staff that focus on behavioral change.
This is a group process, not a lecture.
Offering Conflict Resolution Strategies and Communication Techniques to help change the way we cope and respond to our anger.
6 Therapeutic Sessions Designed for the participant who is in need of more specific interventions and a greater depth of support.
These groups are small - 5 to 8 individuals will meet together weekly for 6 weeks.
Groups are held in our West Shore or Carlisle locations.
This is a group process, not a lecture.
Offering Conflict Resolution Strategies and Communication Techniques to help change the way we cope and respond to our anger.
6 Therapeutic Sessions Designed for the participant who is in need of more specific interventions and a greater depth of support.
These groups are small - 5 to 8 individuals will meet together weekly for 6 weeks.
Groups are held in our West Shore or Carlisle locations.
We are still accepting registrations for classes.
You will be notified via email regarding the format of the class - whether on location or an online format.
ABC holds monthly group parenting classes in the areas listed below.
Each class is three hours in length and groups are kept to 12 or less to allow for group discussion and interactive learning.
When classes have less than 6 participants, it can be completed in two hours without loss of content.
This class is our most popular and beneficial to parents of children of all ages.
You will be notified via email regarding the format of the class - whether on location or an online format.
ABC holds monthly group parenting classes in the areas listed below.
Each class is three hours in length and groups are kept to 12 or less to allow for group discussion and interactive learning.
When classes have less than 6 participants, it can be completed in two hours without loss of content.
This class is our most popular and beneficial to parents of children of all ages.
To offer parents one-to-one guidance and support in the teaching and delivery of effective parenting techniques.
Children do not come with a manual nor directions.
We know that every family and every child is unique.
ABC believes there is no "one way" nor "one secret formula" to effectively parent a child.
Our parent educators are clinically licensed and/or trained in behavioral and developmental approaches based in family systems theory.
They will assess your family's unique needs, strengths and familial dynamics to help you strengthen that system by offering practical, functional parenting skills and techniques in a hands on approach.
Children do not come with a manual nor directions.
We know that every family and every child is unique.
ABC believes there is no "one way" nor "one secret formula" to effectively parent a child.
Our parent educators are clinically licensed and/or trained in behavioral and developmental approaches based in family systems theory.
They will assess your family's unique needs, strengths and familial dynamics to help you strengthen that system by offering practical, functional parenting skills and techniques in a hands on approach.
Performed by a licensed psychologist, this type of evaluation will provide an assessment of the individual's current mental health status including any clinical diagnosis and recommendations for further mental health treatment.
TIPS Evaluation: Designed for the parent who is desiring parenting education and support services, This evaluation will assess the parents strengths and needs collaboratively in an effort to pinpoint the areas of need and how the parent can best benefit from our intensive parenting services.
TIPS Evaluation: Designed for the parent who is desiring parenting education and support services, This evaluation will assess the parents strengths and needs collaboratively in an effort to pinpoint the areas of need and how the parent can best benefit from our intensive parenting services.
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