Coach to Communicate

Thank you for your interest in Coach to Communicate.
Our program is available year-round, so you are welcome to register at any time.

Enrollment Instructions / Instrucciones de inscripción

English Instructions

Thank you for your interest in Coach to Communicate! The Coach to Communicate program involves two parts:

  1. A webinar to introduce parents to strategies that can be used to help their child improve their communication skills

    1. To register – visit https://prep.catalog.instructure.com/ and choose the PREP Parent course.
    2. Fill out the registration information (enter “n/a” or “none” for fields that don’t apply to parents).
    3. Confirm your email address (look for an email from Canvas Catalog) and set up your password.
    4. After logging in, complete the Parent Background Information Survey.
    5. To continue to the Coach to Communicate webinar, scroll to the bottom of the page, and click next. This webinar should take 30-40 minutes.
  2. Free, Individualized Parent Coaching Sessions

    1. After submitting the webinar, you will have access to the parent training application and consent form.
    2. Within 24 hours after we receive your application, you will receive an email from Adobe Acrobat Sign asking you to electronically sign the project consent document. (If you have any trouble accessing or returning the signed forms, please reach out to us at tamuauparent@tamu.edu and let us know.)
    3. After the signed documents are returned to us, you will hear from our assessment coordinator, Gloria Moctezuma. She will ask you to complete a couple of assessments, which will give us information about your child and their communication needs, to help us set up the most effective treatment plan for you and your child. These assessments should only take 15-30 minutes to complete.
    4. After receiving your assessments, your parent coach will reach out to you to set up a meeting schedule that best fits your availability.
Instrucciones en Español

¡Gracias por su interés en Coach to Communicate! El programa Coach to Communicate consta de dos partes:

  1. Un seminario web para presentarles a los padres las estrategias que se pueden usar para ayudar a sus hijos a mejorar sus habilidades de comunicación.

    1. Para registrarse, visite https://prep.catalog.instructure.com/ y elija el curso PREP para padres.
    2. Complete la información de registro (ingrese “n/a” o “ninguno” para los campos que no se aplican a los padres).
    3. Confirme su dirección de correo electrónico (busque un correo electrónico de Canvas Catalog) y configure su contraseña.
    4. Después de iniciar sesión, complete la Encuesta de información de antecedentes de los padres.
    5. Para continuar con el seminario web Coach to Communicate, desplácese hasta la parte inferior de la página y haga clic en siguiente. Este seminario web debería durar entre 30 y 40 minutos.
  2. Sesiones de Coaching para Padres Gratuitas e Individualizadas

    1. Después de enviar el seminario web, tendrá acceso a la solicitud de capacitación para padres y al formulario de consentimiento.
    2. Dentro de las 24 horas posteriores a la recepción de su solicitud, recibirá un correo electrónico de Adobe Acrobat Sign solicitándole que firme electrónicamente el documento de consentimiento del proyecto. (Si tiene algún problema para acceder o devolver los formularios firmados, comuníquese con nosotros a tamuauparent@tamu.edu y avísenos).
    3. Una vez que nos devuelvan los documentos firmados, nuestra coordinadora de evaluaciones, Gloria Moctezuma, se pondrá en contacto con usted. Le pedirá que complete un par de evaluaciones que nos brindarán información sobre su hijo y sus necesidades de comunicación para ayudarnos a establecer el plan de tratamiento más eficaz para usted y su hijo. Estas evaluaciones solo deberían tomar entre 15 y 30 minutos.
    4. Después de recibir sus evaluaciones, su entrenador principal se pondrá en contacto con usted para establecer un programa de reuniones que mejor se adapte a su disponibilidad.

How it works

The Coach to Communicate program involves two parts:

Step 1: Webinar on Autism and Communication Instruction


Attend a free online webinar on ways to improve the communication skills of children and adolescents on the autism spectrum. Service providers may also attend this webinar.

Steps to complete: 

  1. Register today.
  2. Parents – choose the PREP Parent course. Educators – Choose the PREP course (on the left)
  3. Fill out the registration information (enter “n/a” or “none” for fields that don’t apply to parents).
  4. Confirm your email address (look for an email from Canvas Catalog) and set up your password.
  5. After logging in, complete the Parent Background Information Survey.
  6. To continue to the Coach to Communicate webinar, scroll to the bottom of the page and click next. The webinar should take 30-45 minutes.

To access the webinar in Spanish, choose the Entrenar para Comunicar link after completing the Parent Background Information.

Step 2: Intensive Parent Coaching


Parents interested in additional training can be paired with an online coach for individual sessions to learn to teach social communication skills to their children – for free!

The steps to complete this are as follows:

  1. After submitting the webinar, you will have access to the parent training application and consent form.
  2. Within 24 hour after we receive your application, you will receive an email from Adobe Acrobat Sign asking you to electronically sign the project consent document. (If you have any trouble accessing or returning the signed forms, please reach out to us at tamuauparent@tamu.edu and let us know.)
  3. After the signed documents are returned to us, you will hear from our assessment coordinator, Gloria Moctezuma. She will ask you to complete a couple of assessments, which will give us information about your child and their communication needs, to help us set up the most effective treatment plan for you and your child. These assessments should only take 15-30 minutes to complete.
  4. After receiving your assessments, your parent coach will reach out to you to set up a meeting schedule that best fits your availability.

Our Impact

Based upon our data, our coaching sessions are effective at improving parental knowledge of and skill in implementing behavioral techniques. What’s more, the parents have learned skills that have been effective in improving social communication skills in their children! This increase is indicative of lasting change in parents’ skills after completion of their participation in this project.