Visuals: The Missing Piece in Parent Coaching

Most BCBAs know the power of visuals for their clients — but fewer have applied that same approach to their parent coaching sessions. This course changes that.

Morgan van Diepen, M.Ed., BCBA, walks through the research behind using visual supports with adult learners, introduces three evidence-based alternatives to BST, and shares a practical framework for collaborative, individualized parent coaching. Earn 1 CEU.

What You'll Learn

• Why verbal-only instruction often fails families — and what the research shows
• How to use visuals to explain behavior strategies with confidence
• Three alternatives to BST: Teaching Interaction Procedure, Teaching with Visuals, and the Teach-Back Method
• How to individualize your approach based on each family's learning preferences
• A behavior consultation framework for collaborative, priority-driven parent coaching

Who Is This For

BCBAs and behavior professionals who provide parent coaching and want to increase family engagement, improve treatment fidelity between sessions, and feel more confident in every coaching conversation.

Share this course with every BCBA and behavior professional on your team — no additional cost. Everything is included in your BIP Visualized subscription.

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Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Describe how visual supports can improve understanding, confidence, engagement, and follow-through during parent coaching and caregiver training sessions.
• Identify ways to individualize visual supports to match the unique needs, preferences, and learning styles of families and caregivers.
• Apply a structured, collaborative coaching approach that incorporates visuals to improve communication, consistency, and skill implementation across home and school environments.

About the Instructor

Morgan van Diepen, M.Ed., BCBA has over 15 years of experience working directly with families in the context of ABA services. She has published multiple books with the mission of making behavior expertise more approachable and accessible to families, and her platforms — ABA Visualized and BIP Visualized — are built around translating clinical knowledge into tools caregivers can actually use. Parent coaching and family-centered practice have been a central focus of her clinical work throughout her career.

ACE Provider Information

ABA Visualized | ACE Provider #IP-22-0233 | 1 CEU | Online Asynchronous | Published: June 17, 2026

Disclosures

This course may reference content from ABA Visualized published books and/or the BIP Visualized platform, both of which are owned by the instructor.

Complaints and Concerns

Questions or concerns about this course can be submitted in writing to support@bipvisualized.com. If a complaint cannot be resolved directly, participants may file a Notice of Alleged Violation with the BACB at bacb.com/ethics.

Access this course as part of your BIP Visualized subscription.