Who We Are:
Mother Hen is an organization in place to provide comprehensive parental coaching as well as therapeutic support for children.
Within the parental coaching offerings, specific and detailed plans are tailor-made according to our professionals’ holistic assessment of the respective parenting challenges our clients are facing. The ultimate goal, as we progress through the coaching journey with our clients, is for our parents to ascend to their best selves as parents thereby creating an atmosphere for their children to excel in each area of their lives.
Children in today’s society can sometimes face an onslaught of varying challenges as they maneuver through their everyday activities…..from potential learning disabilities, to challenges interacting with schoolmates and friends, to breakdowns in relating with parents and others in authority. Mother Hen will make comprehensive assessments of the child’s struggles and then put in place detailed plans for a meaningful trajectory towards his/her success. These plans may include therapy sessions for the child and/or our professionals interacting directly with the child’s school.
What We Offer:
Parental Coaching
What You Will Receive:
- One-on-one coaching by a specialist.
- A parental coaching plan that is tailored to your family and its challenges.
- Strategies that are realistic and straightforward and also backed by research.
- You will learn to shift your perspective to connection and communication that is respectful.
- You will learn how to address discipline in a calm and confident way.
- Discipline without yelling or spanking.
- We will work on you feeling more confident in your parenting decisions.
- We will help you create, implement, and follow through on your parenting goals.
- Discover the blindspots that keep you from succeeding in your parenting plan.
- A non-judgmental safe space to discuss issues and overcome hiccups.
Areas We Cover:
- Big transitions: These include instances where there may be a marriage adoption, death, or an addition to the family. We will help parents navigate significant events and changes in the familial unit.
- General behavioral issues: A child having a tantrum about eating, sleeping, bathtime, etc. We will help you put a plan in place to better support you and your child. We will teach you how to set boundaries around these areas for an easier transition for you and your child.
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)/ Conduct problems (CD): When a child is not listening, obeying rules, and being defiant, we will put a plan/system in place to minimize the negative behavior of the child. Behavioral issues are not an individual problem within the family but reflect a central family issue.
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)/ Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD): You will receive the individualized information needed to understand your child’s diagnosis and how they function in the world. We will help you navigate resources and accommodations to which your child is entitled.
- Suicidal ideation or attempt, or recent hospitalization for a mental health event: We will help you navigate the mental health system and find the right help for you and your child. We will also inform you of things that should be done at home to ensure that your child/ family is safe.
- Trauma, survivors of abuse/domestic violence: Help parents with their trauma responses and how it impacts the parent-child relationship and parenting overall. Parents will learn tools to relate differently to their children by being more proactive rather than reactive.
- Acculturation stress: We will help you deal with the additional stressors of being an immigrant or ethnic minority and raising a family.
- Screen time issues: When your child fights you for screen time, we will teach you tools to incorporate other activities into your child’s life. We will set schedules and boundaries around screen time and engage in more family-focused interactions, activities, and play.
- Adaptive communication: Talking to your child about their emotions and hard times is difficult for most parents to do. We will teach you tips and tools to better communicate with your child, fostering a more open and nurturing communication style.
- New parents: We will help you deal with all the stressors of being new parents as you strive for excellence in that new role. You will learn how to have an adaptive parenting style and bring balance to your life.
- We will teach you how to be emotionally in tune with your child and not parent from a place of self, guilt, or insecurity.
- If you are having difficulty balancing your work life with your family life, we will help you find a balance where your needs are met while meeting the needs of your family.
Target Audience
- Two-Parent Households:
- Roles and division of parental tasks.
- Parenting in a Blended Family:
- Sibling rivalry.
- Stepparent discipline.
- Child’s need for attention.
- Lack of family bonds.
- Single-Parent Households:
- Visitation and custody problems.
- The effects of continuing conflict between the parents.
- Less opportunity for parents and children to spend time together.
- Effects of the breakup on a child’s school performance and peer relations.
- Disruptions of extended family relationships.
- Problems caused by the parents dating and entering new relationships.
- Work/life balance.
- Judgment from others.
- Feelings of loneliness.
- Divorced/Separated Households:
- Co-parenting.
- Parallel Parenting.
School Services
504 and IEP Services:
- If your child has a medical issue or is struggling academically, we can help you explore and understand the options you can take to better help your child succeed within the school system.
- We will inform you of all the rights afforded to you as a parent to advocate for your child within the school system.
- We will handle all correspondence with the school system and help you put in place the relevant documentation to get your child appropriate services.
- All assessments and tests needed for your child to receive services will be discussed.
- If/when assessments are completed, we will go over the results in detail so you know how your child is functioning.
- Based on testing results, we will give accommodation recommendations for your child based on expert input.
- Once the IEP/504 is drafted we will make sure the form has all the necessary information and accommodations in order to help your child succeed.
- We will give parental support with your child’s 504 or IEP throughout the school year.
- We may be able to attend the 504/IEP meeting virtually in order to make sure that your child benefits from appropriate advocacy.
- If your child needs additional services outside the school, we will make the appropriate recommendations and referrals.