Helping Your Family Thrive

This practical guide teaches parents to use positive behavior support (PBS) to structure their homes and promote desired behavior. It guides readers through a 5-step approach to manage family life so that all family members thrive:

1) assessing strengths, challenges, and needs,
2) creating a family vision and expectations,
3) arranging the home environment,
4) teaching behavioral expectations, and
5) monitoring outcomes and problem-solving.

Concrete, research-based examples, exercises, downloadable worksheets, and chapter-long case studies walk parents through every step of the process.

About the Authors

Meme Hieneman, Ph.D., BCBA, Consultant with Positive Behavior Support Applications, Faculty Member at Purdue University Global, and President of the Home and Community Positive Behavior Support Network, Palm Harbor, Florida.

Sarah Fefer, Ph.D., BCBA, Associate Professor of School Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Student Development, School Psychology program.

Missy Sieders. Parent Advisor at PEAK Parent Training and Information Center in Colorado, Certified Nurses Aide for daughter who experiences an intellectual disability, Facilitator for Parents Encouraging Parents Conferences by the Colorado Department of Education.

Shane Isley, M.S., BCBA, Consultant with the Performance Thinking Network, and Founder/Director of W.C. Behavioural Consultants, Ltd (WCB).