Find Your Child. Trust Yourself Again.
A licensed parent course created by Robyn Gobbel, paired with four months of live, PDA-informed coaching and support from Amy K.
Understand your child's nervous system. Learn practical tools. Apply them to your own family with expert guidance every step of the way.
Currently Enrolling | Limited to 6 Families
Foundations of This Coaching Experience
This parent course, Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors: A Course for Parents, was created by Robyn Gobbel and has been modified for neurodivergent and PDA parents.
As a licensed provider, Amy guides parents through Robyn's 13-week, evidence-informed curriculum while helping you apply it to the unique realities of parenting a ND/PDA child or teen.
Beyond the course itself, you'll receive 16 total weeks of live coaching, personalized guidance, practical implementation support, and a small community of parents who understand the journey.
Imagine Parenting from Understanding Instead of Constantly Reacting
If you're like many of the parents I work with, you may feel like you're constantly putting out fires, second-guessing yourself, and wondering why the strategies that seem to work for other families only make things harder in yours.
This program is designed to change that!
Together, you'll learn to understand what's happening in your child's nervous system, recognize what their behavior is communicating, and respond in ways that build safety, connection, and trust. As you put these ideas into practice with ongoing coaching and support, many parents find they feel calmer, more confident, and more connected to their child - not because parenting has become easy, but because it finally starts to make sense.
CLIENT TESTIMONIAL
"At first, I wasn't sure why so much of the program focused on biology and the brain. Then everything clicked. Understanding that this is a neurological process changed the way I saw my son - and myself. Once I understood where his behavior was coming from, I could recognize my own role and begin building a stronger relationship with him.
I don't have a background in education or neuroscience, so all of this was new to me. Amy explained the concepts in a way that actually made sense, and she connected them to our family's real-life situations, which made the learning incredibly practical.
This program is a significant investment of time and energy, but it is absolutely worth it if you truly want to grow alongside your child. Our family isn't perfect - and never will be - but our relationship is stronger, we understand each other better, and we know how to support one another. This program helped me grow in ways I never expected."
— JustinThrough Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors, you'll learn to...
Section 1: Become the Expert
You’ll learn the neuroscience of behavior and why your child does what they do - even when it doesn’t make sense. This reframing becomes your most powerful parenting tool!
Section 2: Brain, Body & Sensory Tools
Section 3: Why Knowing Isn’t Enough
Your toolbox grows with strategies that strengthen your child’s nervous system, reduce overwhelm, and support resilience - plus how to choose the right tool for the moment.
Skills matter only if you can access them in hard moments. This section grows your capacity to stay grounded and regulated while supporting your child.
How This Coaching Container Helps You Parent With Confidence
The licensed parent education course by Robyn Gobbel provides the shared foundation for our work - not a checklist to finish, but a springboard for conversation, reflection, and real-world application.
You’ll engage with the material between coaching sessions so that learning is connected directly to your family’s challenges and opportunities..
The coaching sessions are not separate from the course - they are where the course comes to life.
You’ll bring concepts from the coursework into coaching, so learning is tailored to your family’s unique patterns
We space learning so that ideas have room to settle, practice, and deepen between conversations.
This experience blends structured guidance with coaching so the material becomes usable, not just academic.
Unlike ongoing 1:1 coaching, this series provides a guided pathway through a structured parent course, with coaching sessions specifically designed to help you understand and apply the material in the context of your unique family.
Each coaching session is designed to:
• reflect on the course material you are engaging with
• apply it to your child’s nervous system and behavior patterns
• adapt strategies specifically for PDA profiles
• support you in real-time decision making within your family
Group Learning & Support
deepen understanding of the course content
explore how the concepts show up in your household
problem-solve current challenges using a PDA-informed lens
adjust expectations and strategies based on your child’s stress and capacity
hear how other parents are applying the material
build connection - without pressure to share more than you want
One Private Parent Session
In addition to the group experience, you'll receive a private session tailored to your family's specific needs. Parents often use this time to discuss sensitive topics, bring a spouse or co-parent into the conversation, work through a current challenge, or explore questions that feel unique to their situation.
This Program Is For You If Your Child…
Is PDA / demand-avoidant
Is neurodivergent (ADHD, autistic, gifted, sensory differences)
Comes from trauma, stress, adoption, or foster care
Struggles with big emotions or shutdowns
Has a vulnerable or easily overwhelmed nervous system
And for parents who feel:
“Behavior charts don’t work.”
“I want to see who my child really is underneath their fear.”
“I’m willing to do my own regulation work.”
“I’m exhausted but still want genuine understanding and nervous-system-based support.”
“I need flexibility because my capacity varies day to day.”
“I’m tired of trying strategies that only work sometimes.”
“I want not just understanding, but real confidence when things get hard.”
This Program Might Not Be a Fit If You’re…
Looking for consequence-based parenting
Wanting quick fixes or formulaic scripts
Not open to nervous-system explanations for behavior
Parenting a child with ongoing dangerous behaviors needing a higher level of care
Looking for an entirely self-paced experience without live support.
Course Structure & What to Expect
Raising Kids With Big, Baffling Behaviors: A Course For Parents is offered in a guided, supportive format designed specifically for parents of PDA autistic and neurodivergent children.
This is not a self-paced course you complete on your own - and it’s not a rigid weekly class you have to keep up with.
Instead, learning and support are intentionally woven together in a way that centers choice, safety, and autonomy, so participation can flex with your real life and your family’s capacity.
Here’s How Support Is Structured:
Because life with unpredictable capacity is real, this program is built so engagement can ebb and flow without penalty. You don’t fall behind, and there’s no ‘ideal pace’ you must maintain to benefit.
1) On-Demand Parent Education
You’ll receive access to the full educational course for 16 weeks, which provides a shared foundation for understanding behavior through a nervous-system-informed lens.
You’ll engage with the material:
at your own pace
between live sessions
without pressure to “finish” or keep up
The education supports and informs the live conversations - not the other way around.
2) One Private Parent Session
A dedicated one-on-one session to focus on your family's unique circumstances, questions, and goals. This is a space to address personal concerns, involve a partner, or receive individualized guidance beyond the group discussions.
3) Live Group Integration & Support Sessions
Each month, weekly, live small-group integration/coaching sessions are offered at agreed-upon times. We determine this as a small group during the first week.
These facilitated sessions focus on:
• integrating and applying course concepts
• real-life problem solving
• shared reflection and normalizationMost families attend 90% of the group sessions over their support window, choosing the sessions that work best for them. You’re welcome to attend every week, and there is no requirement to attend any specific session.
Sessions may be recorded and available for a limited time.
About Live Participation
This course includes live support to meet licensing requirements and to ensure meaningful connection and integration.
Rather than requiring weekly attendance, live participation is designed to be flexible and choice-based. 12 live sessions must be attended in order to receive certification for Robyn’s educational course.
Upcoming Cohort: Limited to 6 families
Once enrollment is full, a waitlist will be created.
The Investment
$1,200 total for the full PDA Parent Support Package
Payment Plan
• Secure your spot with a deposit of $300
• Two additional payments of $450
$450 due on kick-off day
$450 due 30 days later
Please Note: Limited to 6 families at a time to ensure high-touch support.
How To Get Started:
Step 1: Reserve your spot ($300 deposit).
Your deposit holds your place in the program and confirms enrollment.
Step 2: Kick-off week: July 20th!!
Step 3: Remaining payments.
The remaining balance is split into two payments of $450:
$450 due on kick-off day
$450 due 30 days later
Step 4: Access + support.
You’ll receive your portal access and orientation details by email before your start date.
You don’t have to wait. You don’t have to be perfect. You just have to start.
FAQS
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No. This course is not therapy and does not create a therapist–client relationship. This is coaching and support - educational, practical, and focused on nervous-system-aware parenting.
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Yes. Both caregivers from the same household are welcome to participate at no additional cost. Coaching sessions remain focused on one family at a time.
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It’s a guided parent education experience. The course provides the foundation, and coaching and live support help you understand and apply the material to your unique family situation. The two are intentionally woven together..
If you’re looking for short-term or ongoing coaching without a structured educational component, my 1:1 coaching packages may be a better fit.
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That’s expected! There is no single live session you must attend. Live support is offered weekly, and you’ll choose the sessions that work best for your schedule over the four-month series. You are welcome to join all!
12 sessions must be attended to receive certificate for completing Robyn Gobbel’s course portion.
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Most families spend an average of 1–2 hours per week engaging with the program when moving through it over about 12 weeks. Some weeks are lighter, and others include a longer live session - flexibility is built in.
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This experience is designed with real, unpredictable family life in mind. Participation can ebb and flow. You won’t “fall behind,” and support is structured to meet you where you are!
Also - our group sessions will help support you through this!
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This program is designed for real, unpredictable family life. You won’t be penalized for missing sessions, and engagement can flex with your capacity.
Most families find they benefit whether they dip in slowly or move through core concepts in about 12 weeks - the support window is four months so you can show up when you can.
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No. A formal PDA diagnosis is not required - and PDA is not currently a standalone diagnosis in the DSM-5.
This course is appropriate for parents of neurodivergent children whose nervous systems are easily overwhelmed and whose behavior doesn’t respond well to traditional behavior-based approaches.
While this series is facilitated through a PDA-informed lens, many families find it helpful even without a PDA label. The focus is on understanding nervous systems, reducing stress, and supporting connection - not on meeting diagnostic criteria.
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No! Many families move through the core content in 14-16 weeks because - life happens!
You’ll continue to have access to the course materials and live group sessions for the full four-month support window, so you can revisit concepts, deepen understanding, and stay supported without pressure.
Most parents attend most live sessions because they find them helpful and enjoy the small community.
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Yes! When the maximum amount of families have enrolled, the information on this page will change. The registration buttons will direct you to sign up on the waitlist, and I will notify you immediately of the anticipated wait time.
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Yes. The deposit is applied toward the total program cost.
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To ensure you receive full support, families begin on scheduled kick-off dates rather than immediately upon enrollment.