Parent training curriculum
The parent understood it in session. By Thursday, nothing had changed at home.
ACHIEVE is a parent training curriculum for BCBA®s, written in language parents can act on during the week you are not there — and built so you can see whether they did.
Hundreds of printed curricula already in practices · In print from $87, online from $299 a year · See all the options
For BCBA®s who lead parent training as part of clinical work — in clinics, in homes, and increasingly as a practice of their own.
The week between sessions
Parent training is the part of the plan with the least support behind it
You were taught to run assessments and write programs. Very few of us were handed anything for teaching the parents.
- You rebuild the parent training plan from scratch for every family you take on.
- The handout you sent home comes back untouched, and you find that out in session.
- Between visits you have no idea what was tried, so the next session starts with guessing.
- The reviewer wants parent training goals documented, not attendance.
- Parent training is the first thing that gets dropped when the week fills up.
- Two caregivers, two levels of buy-in, and one thirty-minute slot to reach both.
Parent training goals are part of what keeps services authorized, and they are usually the goals with the least structure behind them. Every week a family goes without a plan they can follow is another week the skills stay in your session room.
The short version
What's included
What you get
- A full parent training curriculum, with tools to help you decide what to assign
- Parent-facing material written without ABA jargon
- A BCBA® Guide for running sessions around the Parent-Centered Curriculum
- Two curricula to choose from, or the Pro level for access to both, so you can match each family's learning style
- Reporting on what parents completed and how they answered, and documentation language you can use in a treatment plan, on ACHIEVE Online
What it does not do
- Decide what a family needs — that stays your clinical judgment
- Provide CEUs; ACHIEVE is a curriculum rather than a course
- Write your treatment plan or your session notes
- Reach parents on its own; families come to it through you
- Replace direct coaching for families who need you in the room
Why partnership isn't just a word here
Why ACHIEVE exists
ACHIEVE started with a fight I kept having with an insurance reviewer who didn't believe clinic-based ABA could work — because it couldn't prove skills would generalize at home. My answer wasn't switching to a home-based model. It was partnership.
Six months into my BCBA® career, I took over as director of two clinics — 26 clients, 16 staff, and one recurring problem: nearly every treatment plan I submitted got kicked back by the same insurance reviewer, insisting that clinic-based ABA couldn't work unless services moved into the home.
I didn't think the reviewer was wrong about the underlying concern — generalization is the hard part. I just didn't think moving into the home was the only answer, especially for families who'd chosen clinic-based care because home-based early intervention hadn't worked for them. So I dug into the research instead, and it kept pointing to the same place: skills don't generalize just because a plan says they should. They generalize when parents are genuinely part of the process, wherever treatment happens.
What came out of that was a detailed, partnership-driven framework for parent training, refined call after call with a reviewer who wouldn't just take my word for it. That framework became ACHIEVE.
Drawn from published work
The curriculum draws on the ACT Matrix, a values-alignment tool with a published research base (Gould, Tarbox & Coyne, 2018), used most directly in the work on caregiver alignment and sustainability.
Written around the partnership
Goals are framed around what you and the parent are doing differently together, which is also how parent training goals need to read when someone else is reviewing the plan.
Two curricula
The same ABA content, organized two different ways
Families arrive at parent training from different directions. These are two answers to the same problem, and plenty of BCBA®s use both across one caseload.
Classic Curriculum
Organized by ABA concept and skill area.
Where you start
You complete the 30-question Pathway to Progress with the parent, which surfaces the areas of greatest need and gives more weight to higher-priority concerns.
Between sessions
Parents complete assigned lessons and a 5-question knowledge check, and you can see how they answered.
This tends to suit you when
- You like a structured plan before you begin teaching
- You want measurable knowledge checks
- You expect to help parents apply concepts to their own situations
Parent-Centered Curriculum
Organized by the problem the family walked in with.
Where you start
You start with what the family is struggling with now — bedtime, meltdowns, following directions, leaving the house — and together identify the Path that matches.
Between sessions
Parents work through lessons written around recognizable family challenges, designed to be easier to apply without you there.
This tends to suit you when
- You begin with the family's most immediate concern
- You want lessons that feel directly relevant at home
- You would rather spend session time problem-solving than teaching concepts
Both are available online now. Classic is available in print today, and the Parent-Centered paperback is coming soon. The section below will help you work out which combination fits.
ACHIEVE Online
What changes when parents work through it online
Parents log in and work through what you assigned, so when you ask how the week went you already know what was completed.
Assignments with due dates
Assign lessons at the pace the family can actually keep.
Progress and quiz reporting
See completions and responses as they happen, on every plan.
Your own client list
Invite parents and manage families yourself, without waiting on us.
Guest or full access
Parents can start from an invitation link without giving an email address, or create a login of their own.
Concept videos
Video explanations of the concepts parents are working through.
Stays current
Improvements reach your families without waiting on a new edition.
Each family you are working with uses one active parent login. Basic includes 10 and Pro includes 15. When you finish with a family you can deactivate their login and use the space for someone new, so the limit is on families working at the same time rather than families in total. Need more? Tell us and we will set it up.
More than a library of parent-training videos
ACHIEVE helps you build a learning plan, give parents access, follow what they’re learning, and document progress—all in one place.
Build a plan that fits the family
Start with the lessons that make sense for the family you’re working with now—not a rigid sequence you have to follow.
- Assign only the lessons you want
- Add due dates
- Reorder lessons as priorities change
- Remove lessons when the plan changes
Give each family the access option that fits
Create parent access in the way that makes the most sense for the family and your privacy needs.
- Up to 10 parent accounts per BCBA® subscription
- Standard login with email and password
- Guest access with a token
- Parents return to their own learning dashboard
ACHIEVE is not HIPAA-compliant, so guest access gives you an option that does not require entering a parent’s name or email address.
Give parents a learning experience built for real use
Parents can return to their dashboard, continue where they left off, and connect what they’re learning to their own situation.
- Video in every lesson
- Two reflection/application questions in both curricula
- Weekly Reflection from the parent dashboard
- Classic lessons include five-question knowledge checks
Give parents a learning experience built for real use
Parents can return to their dashboard, continue where they left off, and connect what they’re learning to their own situation.
- Video in every lesson
- Two reflection/application questions in both curricula
- Weekly Reflection from the parent dashboard
- Classic lessons include five-question knowledge checks
Which ACHIEVE curriculum fits how you work?
Answer five quick questions. We’ll recommend a starting point, but you can still choose either curriculum—or Pro if you want both.
See progress without waiting for the next session
At a glance, see what you’ve assigned, what the parent has completed, what’s overdue, and when they last accessed ACHIEVE. Then look deeper when you need to review reflections or quiz results.
- See assigned, completed, and overdue lessons
- Check progress lesson by lesson
- See when the parent last accessed ACHIEVE
- Review reflections and Classic quiz results
Turn participation into usable documentation
Generate a summary for the time period you need and use it to review parent learning or support your documentation.
- Filter by date range
- See in-progress and completed lessons
- Include Weekly Reflections
- Print or save the report as a PDF
From BCBA®s using it
What it changes in a session
ACHIEVE has been in practices since the first printed edition. Here is what BCBA®s say it does.
As a BCBA®, I absolutely love the ACHIEVE Parent Training curriculum! This resource has been phenomenal in creatively guiding compassionate and effective parent training. The structured homework assignments align perfectly with each chapter topic, ensuring direct application to real-life situations.
I highly recommend ACHIEVE for parent training sessions — it has given my sessions structure, consistency, and direction, allowing for more meaningful and productive collaboration with families.
Christi W., BCBA®
On the printed curriculum
I have been using the videos — they are perfect. Short and well written, and you address it all from parents' perspective. I had a “not-interested” dad get on board last week! I think too he has seen the progress of his son, which further added to his willingness to participate in parent coaching along with his wife.
Laura M.
On the ACHIEVE Online videos
The best parent training resource I've seen — structured, clear, and effective.
Judith, BCBA®
On the printed curriculum
It made parent education so much easier and impactful for my practicum.
Maria, BCBA®
On the printed curriculum
Find your fit
Which ACHIEVE is right for the families you work with?
A few questions about how you run parent training. Nothing is locked in, and every option stays on the page.
Answer for how you would actually work
There is no better or worse curriculum here, and the questions are not trying to steer you toward the bigger plan. Both curricula cover core ABA strategies and parent-training content. What differs is how that content is organized, and which families you are trying to reach with it.
Our suggestion
Every option is listed below, in print and online, and you can change any of your answers.
What shaped this
Every way to get ACHIEVE
Pricing
Buy a curriculum in print as a one-time purchase, or subscribe to ACHIEVE Online for the platform that lets parents work between sessions.
In print
A one-time purchase. No platform, no parent logins, no reporting.
Classic Curriculum — paperback
$87one time
- Organized by ABA concept and skill area
- Includes the Pathway to Progress
- Yours to work from with every family you see
Parent-Centered Curriculum — paperback
Coming soon
- Organized around everyday family challenges
- Available online today while the paperback is finished
- We will tell you the day it ships
ACHIEVE Online
An annual subscription. Every plan includes assignments with due dates, progress and quiz reporting, your own client list, and updates as they're available.
The paperback is one copy, for you to work from. An online plan delivers the curriculum to every family on your caseload at once, assigns it with due dates, and hands back what each parent completed and how they answered.
At ten families, $299 a year comes to about $30 per family — roughly what you spend in billable time rebuilding a parent training plan for one of them.
Basic — Classic
$299per year
- The Classic Curriculum online
- Pathway to Progress and knowledge checks
- 10 active parent logins
Basic — Parent-Centered
$299per year
- The Parent-Centered Curriculum online
- Organized around everyday family challenges
- 10 active parent logins
Pro — both curricula
$499per year
- Both curricula online, chosen per family
- 15 active parent logins
- A printed copy of both curricula, mailed to you
Printed copies are included once, not with each renewal. The Parent-Centered paperback ships when it is ready, at no extra cost.
Get ACHIEVE ProIncluded with every purchase
The Family Partnership Kit
Six resources, delivered by email as soon as you buy.
Total value
$281 — included free
Parent training assessment
Assess strengths and needs, and track progress over time
Growing forward
Developmental stages, realistic goals, and celebrating progress
Self-monitoring form
Helps parents track their own implementation and reflect
Session feedback form
Shows families their input shapes the plan
Overcoming objections
Strategies for handling pushback with compassion
Cultural competency
Building stronger relationships across differences
Fit check
Who this works for
We would rather you know now than find out after you buy.
A good fit if
- You are a BCBA® running parent training with your own caseload
- You want a curriculum to work from instead of building one for every family
- You need parent training goals that hold up in a treatment plan
- You are building a practice where parent training is the service
- You want to know what happened between sessions
Probably not for you if
- You are a parent looking for support without a BCBA® involved
- You want CEUs; our CEU courses live at Master ABA Academy
- You need a curriculum you can rebrand as your own
- You want one tool to run your whole caseload; ACHIEVE covers parent training only
- You are looking for a one-off handout rather than a sequence
Common questions
FAQ
30-day money-back guarantee. If ACHIEVE isn't the right fit, let us know within 30 days.
Next week, you will know what happened at home
Pick the curriculum that matches the families on your caseload, assign the first lesson, and walk into the next session already knowing what the parent worked through.