About our program
Over 1,100 families from 125 Texas counties have participated in the Coach to Communicate program.
The Coach To Communicate project provides a one hour instructional webinar and face-to-face/online individual parent coaching sessions at no cost for parents, caregivers, teachers, and service providers of children with autism spectrum disorder. Participants will be instructed in how to improve the communication skills of their own children.
This project serves Texas parents, caregivers, teachers, or service providers who have a child up to age 22 with autism spectrum disorder or similar characteristics and who need instruction in communication skills.
aWebinar (Online Self-Paced)
Parents and service providers may view a webinar on techniques to help increase their children’s social communication skills.
- Less than 1 hour
- Can be accessed anytime
- Overview of parenting techniques intended to increase your child’s social communication skills
Intensive Parent Coaching
Once the Coach to Communicate webinar is completed, parents can sign up for individual coaching sessions, if they wish. These are individualized coaching sessions that will coach parents to implement a communication intervention with their child. After completing communication/behavioral assessments for your child, you will receive an individualized communication parent treatment plan from your personal Parent Coach.
- One-on-one coaching
- 1-hour sessions
- Scheduled according to parent availability offered year-round
- · Available in English, Spanish or Thai
- *Parents must first complete the online webinar before being eligible for parent coaching sessions*
Additional Learning Modules
In addition to the Coach to Communicate module, parents can access an additional 14 learning modules through the PREP Parent course. For more information about available topics, please visit Training Modules at https://autism.tamu.edu/training-modules.