Private pay · Parent support
Parent Strategy Intensive
Personalized support. A focused plan for your real life.
This individualized intensive is for parents who want help moving beyond general strategies and applying behavior science to the routines, triggers, communication challenges, or behavior patterns happening in their own family.
The intensive is focused, practical, and individualized. Identify the priority, look at what is happening around the behavior, determine what needs to change, and build a plan the parent can actually use.
One package · 3 hours of dedicated support
Your 3 hours are the total time we dedicate to your family, added up across four parts. It's not one long sitting, and it's not a one-time call. It's support from start to follow-through.
- Intake + Goal Setting
- Observation
- Plan writing
- 50-min Parent Session
- 3 hours, just for your child
What might be happening
Mornings feel hard before the day has even really started.
Transitions, routines, or everyday expectations regularly end in tears, refusal, yelling—or everyone feeling overwhelmed.
You've tried
- explaining
- reminding
- preparing
- rewarding
- being more patient
- holding the boundary
…and somehow you keep finding yourselves in the same hard moments.
Maybe you know what your child is doing. What you can't quite figure out is why it keeps happening—or what would actually help.
You don't necessarily need ongoing therapy. You need someone who understands behavior to help you make sense of the pattern and figure out what to do differently.
How we figure it out together
We don't start with“How do we stop this behavior?”We start with“What is this behavior telling us?”
Identify the hard moment
We identify the moments creating the most stress for your family and get specific about what you want everyday life to look like instead.
Understand the pattern
Then we look underneath the behavior: what happens before it, what happens after it, what your child may be communicating, avoiding, seeking, or struggling to do—and what in the environment may be making the moment harder.
Determine what needs to change
From there, we determine what actually needs to change.
Sometimes that means teaching your child a new skill. Sometimes it means changing how an adult responds, adjusting the environment, making expectations clearer, or creating a more effective way for your child to communicate what they need.
Build a plan for real life
Then we turn what we've learned into a practical plan you can actually use in the moments when things are hard—not just one that sounds good on paper.
The goal isn't simply less behavior.
It's more understanding, more skills, and more confidence about what to do next.
The offer
Parent Strategy Intensive
Intake + Goal Setting
An in-depth conversation about your family — what's happening, what's hardest, and where you want to go.
Behavior observation
We observe your child in real routines, so your plan is built on what's actually happening — not guesses.
Your written, individualized action plan
Time we spend behind the scenes writing a plan that identifies the priority, what's happening around the behavior, and exactly what to do differently.
A full 50-minute Parent Session$145 value · included
Not a quick check-in. Within 2 weeks, we walk through your plan, coach and practice together, celebrate progress, and adjust what isn't working.
Parent coaching throughout
Support for using the plan in your everyday life — not a generic script.
Customized tools/resources when appropriate
Practical materials tailored to your child and the routines that feel heaviest right now.
Wondering if it's worth it?
Let's talk about the investment.
Most families who come to us have already spent money and time on things that didn't fit — books, apps, programs, and months of trial and error. Meanwhile, the hard moments keep happening: mornings that fall apart, outings you avoid, evenings that end in tears (sometimes yours).
You're not paying for a single appointment. You're getting a complete package: 3 hours of expert time focused only on your child — including the time we spend behind the scenes writing your plan — and a full 50-minute Parent Session (a $145 value) so the plan actually sticks.
Why not just keep trying on my own?
You can — but guessing is the most expensive option in time and stress. Every new strategy you try without knowing why the behavior is happening is another week of hard mornings, another approach your child learns to wait out, and another night of wondering what you're doing wrong (you're not). One clear plan, built for your child, ends the cycle.
When we understand what's driving the behavior, you stop trying everything and start doing the few things that actually work.
Why isn't it covered by insurance?
Because this is about access. Insurance coverage for ABA is limited: it only applies with an autism diagnosis, only for families in Washington State (where we're licensed with the Department of Health), and getting a diagnosis can mean months of waiting for evaluations and approvals. The Intensive lets you get expert help now, with or without a diagnosis. Insurance also doesn't pay for the behind-the-scenes time it takes to build support around your family: reviewing what we learned, writing your plan, and creating resources made for your child. The Intensive includes all of it.
What it costs
Simple pricing, clear before you book.
Booking payment
- Full package price at booking: payment of the $750 package price reserves your appointment, after you've reviewed the applicable total and terms.
- In-person visits: your $750 is paid when you book, just like Zoom. If you're more than 15 miles from our Lakewood office, we'll email you a travel quote — the travel fee is paid separately before your visit. Travel within 2 hours of our Lakewood office starts at $175/hour of travel time; farther than 2 hours, airfare and hotel may also be quoted. Prefer not to pay for travel? We'll switch your session to Zoom at no extra cost.
- Nonrefundable for family cancellations, except where required by law — you'll confirm this before payment. We reserve the right not to refund, but life happens, and we'll always do our best to work with your family if changes need to occur, like finding a new time or adjusting your format.
Potential additional costs
- Additional Parent Sessions beyond the one included (book one anytime)
- In-person travel fees, when they apply (see In-person visits)
- Customized materials
- Extended time beyond the 3-hour package
- Presenting information to school teams and/or additional professionals
Anything additional is always discussed and agreed with you before it happens.
The details
Booking terms, in plain terms.
Payment
Your $750 is paid in full when you book. For in-person visits, any approved travel fee is paid before your visit. Payments are nonrefundable for family cancellations, except where required by law.
Your 50-minute Parent Session takes place within 2 weeks of your visit.
Need to change your date?
No problem — just give us at least 48 hours' notice. You can move your session once, at no cost, to any open time in the next 60 days, and your payment carries over. Reply to your confirmation email to pick a new time.
Less than 48 hours' notice? Reach out anyway — we'll do our best to find a new time, and we handle illness and family emergencies with care. A missed session without notice is treated as a family cancellation.
In-person visits & travel
If you reschedule and your address and plans stay the same, your accepted travel quote carries over. A new address or plan needs a revised quote, approved by you, before any new fees.
If you cancel after we've already left for your visit, travel fees are nonrefundable.
If we need to cancel
If Empowered ABA ever has to cancel (for illness, an emergency, or unsafe travel), we'll let you know as soon as we can, and you choose: a new date at no cost, a Zoom session instead (with any travel fees refunded), or a full refund for services not yet delivered.
Work with me
Ready when you are.
Pick your format and time, agree to the booking terms, and pay the full package price to reserve your intensive.
The Parent Strategy Intensive is private pay and is not covered by insurance. Looking for insurance-funded support? Ask about ABA services.