Raising Kids With Big, Baffling Behaviors: A Course For Parents
A live, neuroscience-informed parent course with guided support - especially helpful for families navigating PDA-like nervous systems
This is not a self-paced course you complete on your own.
This is a 4-month, supported parent education experience, where learning and coaching happen together.
If you’re raising a child whose behaviors feel intense, confusing, or unpredictable, you’re not alone - and you’re not doing anything wrong.
Many parents come to this work feeling exhausted, unsure, and constantly questioning themselves. Traditional parenting advice often doesn’t help - and can even make things harder - when a child’s nervous system is easily overwhelmed and their behavior doesn’t follow typical patterns.
A New and Better Way
Raising Kids With Big, Baffling Behaviors: A Course For Parents is offered here as a guided, PDA-informed parent education and coaching experience.
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 live support are intentionally woven together over four months, with flexible scheduling options designed to fit real, unpredictable family lives. You’ll engage with the education at your own pace, participate in live group integration sessions at times that work for you, and receive individual coaching to apply the material to your unique family situation.
Created by Robyn Gobbel, Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors is grounded in neuroscience and relationship-based care. The course is offered in a blended format because learning this work isn’t meant to be done in isolation - live support and reflection are essential for meaningful change!
How The Course + Coaching Work Together
The educational course (created by Robyn Gobbel)
Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors: A Parent Course
is the foundation of this experience.
The coaching sessions are not separate from the course - they are where the course comes to life.
You will engage with the course material between coaching sessions, at a pace that fits your family’s capacity.
The learning is intentionally spaced so that concepts can be processed, practiced, and then discussed during coaching.
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
Individual Coaching Sessions
Your individual coaching sessions are a space to:
• ask questions about 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
Group Learning & Support Calls
Group sessions are used to:
• deepen understanding of the course themes
• hear how other parents are applying the material
• normalize common struggles
• build connection - without pressure to share more than you want
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.”
This Program Might Not Be a Fit If You’re…
Looking for consequence-based parenting
Wanting quick fixes
Not open to nervous-system explanations for behavior
Parenting a child with ongoing dangerous behaviors needing a higher level of care
What You’ll Learn
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.
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.
There is no single weekly meeting time you must attend.
Here’s How Support Is Structured:
1) On-Demand Parent Education
You’ll receive access to the full educational course, 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) Individual Coaching Sessions (2 × 45 minutes)
You’ll receive two individual coaching sessions during the four-month course window.
These sessions are used to:
apply course concepts to your child and family
problem-solve current challenges
support caregiver alignment
adapt strategies for PDA nervous systems
Sessions are scheduled flexibly and focused on what matters most for your household.
3) Live Group Integration & Support Sessions
Each month, two live small-group sessions are offered at different times to support varying schedules.
These sessions focus on:
integrating and applying course concepts
real-life problem solving
shared reflection and normalization
You’ll attend six group sessions total over the four-month series, choosing the sessions that work best for you.
Sessions are recorded and available for a limited time.
Please Note: Enrollment is limited to 12 families per four-month series to ensure high-touch support and scheduling flexibility. A waitlist will be created after this number is reached.
About Live Participation
This course includes live support to meet licensing requirements and to ensure meaningful connection and integration.
Rather than requiring attendance at a single fixed time, live participation is designed to be flexible and choice-based.
You won’t need to track this on your own - support is structured so requirements are met naturally through participation.
Enrollment is limited to 12 families per four-month series to ensure high-touch support and scheduling flexibility.
Once enrollment is full, a waitlist will be created.
The Investment
$1,200 total for the full PDA Parent Support Package
Payment Plan Available
• Secure your spot with a deposit of $300
• Two additional monthly payments of $450
Please Note: Limited to 12 active families at a time to ensure high-touch support.
Bonus Session!
Bonus Session!
I’m thrilled to include a special bonus session taught by Danielle Rodda of Neurodivergent Consulting:
PDA Unschooling, Homeschooling, and Returning to Learning
Danielle will guide you through PDA-friendly learning environments, why traditional schooling often fails PDAers, and how to support your child’s curiosity, autonomy, and sense of safety as they explore learning on their own terms.
This bonus is included at no additional charge for any parents active in the series in March, 2026!
How To Get Started:
Step 1: Click Enroll Now
Step 2: Choose your payment option
Step 3: We’ll send you access + scheduling info
You don’t have to wait. You don’t have to be perfect. You just have to start.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
That’s expected. There is no single live session you must attend. Live support is offered at multiple times, and you’ll choose the sessions that work best for your schedule over the four-month series.
-
There is no fixed weekly time commitment. Most parents spend 1–2 hours per week on average, including live sessions and engagement with the course material. Some weeks may be lighter, and that’s okay.
-
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.
-
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.