Resources for Parents

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We’ve gathered a practical set of resources for families to help navigate you to best practice, evidence-based treatment for your child.

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Videos

Natural Environment Teaching (NET)

Typically-developing children acquire new language skills in a wide variety of natural situations, such as during play or mealtimes.  Skilled parents and caregivers teach children in a natural manner, taking advantage a child’s momentary interests or desires.  We call these opportunities “child-directed” or “child-led.”  Researchers have identified critical elements of these natural teaching opportunities and at Coyne & Associates, we systematically utilize NET to promote verbal skills.  It looks like play, but there is a lot of teaching going on in this clip!

 

Becoming a “Listener”

In contrast to NET, sometimes children with whom we work require us to “deconstruct” the skill, and then teach it in small, incremental stages. If you watch this entire video clip, you will see how the instructor teaches the child to identify common objects over the course of many discrete steps: the imitation step, mirror field; imitation step, non-mirror field; matching three nonverbal sounds to corresponding objects; discrimination of one spoken word and two nonverbal sounds; discrimination of two spoken words and one nonverbal sound; discrimination of three spoken words. (And look at the great eye contact of the learner, the first skill we taught!!)

 Web Resources

Governmental


Launch San Diego Regional Center


Launch Inland Regional Center


Launch Regional Center of Orange County


Launch Department of Developmental Services


Launch For Complaints and Appeals


Launch To Review results of Regional Center Mediation Conferences and Fair Hearings


Launch Harbor Regional Center

 

Helpful Guides


Launch First 5 California: The Power of Play


Launch Developmental Milestones


Launch New Parent Packet

 

Organizations


Launch  National Foundation for Autism Research


Launch  Association for Science in Autism Treatment


Launch  Autism Science Foundation


Launch  Autism Speaks


Launch  Different Roads to Learning


Launch  CASP’s ABA Facts for Families

 

Privacy


Launch Coyne’s Notice of Privacy Practices – English


Launch Coyne’s Notice of Privacy Practices – Spanish

 Recommended Books

Early Childhood


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Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5
American Academy of Pediatrics

On Amazon.com

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Touchpoints Birth to Three
Berry Brazelton and Joshua D. Sparrow

On Amazon.com

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The Everyday Parenting Toolkit: The Kazdin Method
Alan Kazdin and Carlo Rotella

On Amazon.com

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The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child
Alan Kazdin

On Amazon.com

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Parenting the Strong-Willed Child
Rex Forehand and Nicholas Long

On Amazon.com

Autism Treatment


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A Practical Guide to Autism
Fred Volkmar and Lisa Wiesner

On Amazon.com

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Right From the Start
Sandra Harris and Mary Jane Weiss

On Amazon.com

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Let Me Hear Your Voice
Catherine Maurice

On Amazon.com

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Activity Schedules for Children with Autism, Second Edition
Lynn McClannahan and Patricia Krantz

On Amazon.com

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Jumpstarting Communication Skills in Children with Autism
Mary Jane Weiss and Valbona Demiri

On Amazon.com




Our Quality

2023 Parent Survey Data

N = 165 families

In 2023, on a scale of 1-4, Coyne Families Rated their Program Supervisor:

  • Punctuality: 3.81
  • Communication Skills: 3.78
  • Organizational Skills: 3.77
  • Professionalism: 3.74
  • Parent Support/Consultation: 3.77
  • Overall Judgment & Performance: 3.78

In 2023, on a scale of 1-4, Coyne Families Rated their Early Childhood Instructors:

  • Punctuality: 3.73
  • Communication Skills: 3.77
  • Organizational Skills: 3.69
  • Parent Training: 3.68
  • Professionalism: 3.72
  • Ability to Keep Child Learning and Engaged: 3.57
  • Ability to Effectively Manage Problem Behavior: 3.59

In 2023, on a scale of 1-4, Coyne Families Rated their Scheduling:

  • Notification of Weekly Schedule: 3.74
  • Communication About Changes to Session Days/Times: 3.66
  • Communication About Staffing Changes: 3.57

In 2023, on a scale of 1-4, Coyne Families Rated the Overall Quality of the Program:

  • Overall Quality of Coyne Program: 3.68


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