Understanding Your Child's Behavior
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A practical course for parents

Understand why your child does what they do — and know what to do next.

Five short modules that turn behavior science into plain-language strategies you can use at dinner, at bedtime, and in the middle of a hard moment. Written by a behavior specialist who has spent 14 years in schools with kids just like yours.

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Modules
5
Lessons
15
Printables
16
Pace
Yours

This course is for parents who…

If a few of these sound like your week, you're exactly who this was written for.

You feel like you've tried everything

Charts, timers, consequences, calm voices. Some of it works for a week, then stops.

You want plain language, not jargon

No acronyms to decode. Every term is explained the way you'd explain it to a friend.

You want to understand the behavior

Not just stop it. Behavior is information — this course teaches you to read it.

You need strategies for real life

Getting out the door. Screens off. Homework. The grocery store aisle.

You want to feel less overwhelmed

Fewer decisions in the moment because you already know your plan.

You're tired of repeating yourself

Counting to three, negotiating, raising your voice — and doing it all again tomorrow.

You want connection and boundaries

A stronger relationship with your child without giving up the expectations that matter.

YES — THIS IS WHAT I NEED

Your roadmap

Five modules, in order. Each one builds on the last, so you're never asked to change a behavior before you understand it. Module 1 opens the moment you create your account; the next module unlocks as you finish the one before it.

1 Starts unlocked

Understanding Behavior

Learn to read behavior before you try to change it

Behavior is information. This module teaches you how to see what your child is getting, avoiding, or communicating, and how to describe what is happening clearly enough to act on it.

  • Why children behave the way they do
  • The antecedent–behavior–consequence framework
  • Identifying patterns in your child's behavior

3 lessonsabout 45 min4 printables

2 Unlocks after Module 1

Positive Reinforcement

Make the behavior you want worth doing

Reinforcement is not bribery, and praise is not automatically motivating. This module shows you how to find what actually matters to your child and use it well.

  • Reinforcement, rewards, and bribery
  • Finding what actually motivates your child
  • Praise that works and fading over time

3 lessonsabout 41 min3 printables

3 Unlocks after Module 2

Setting Up for Success

The work that happens before the behavior

Most behavior problems are easier to prevent than to respond to. This module covers routines, transitions, expectations, choices, and environment.

  • Clear expectations and predictable routines
  • Transitions, warnings, and first/then language
  • Arranging the environment and adjusting demands

3 lessonsabout 40 min3 printables

4 Unlocks after Module 3

Prompting & Fading

Help that leads to independence

Every parent prompts. The skill is knowing how much help to give, and how to give less of it over time so your child does not need five reminders.

  • The ways parents already prompt
  • How children learn that the first four times don't count
  • Fading help without losing the skill

3 lessonsabout 40 min3 printables

5 Unlocks after Module 4

Reducing Challenging Behaviors

Replace, don't just remove

A behavior that works for your child will not disappear because you disapprove of it. This module builds a full plan: definition, triggers, function, replacement, and follow-through.

  • Defining the behavior and finding the triggers
  • Teaching a replacement behavior
  • Responding consistently and knowing if it's working

3 lessonsabout 44 min3 printables

What makes this different from parenting advice online

PRACTICAL

Every lesson ends with something to try this week — with your actual child, in your actual house.

EASY TO UNDERSTAND

Behavioral principles written for parents, not for a graduate seminar. No jargon left unexplained.

SELF-PACED

Fifteen lessons, roughly 14 minutes each. Do one a night or one a week — the course waits for you.

ACTION-FOCUSED

Printable worksheets, trackers, and reflection sheets so learning turns into a plan on paper.

SUPPORTIVE

Written to help you feel capable, not judged. No blame, and no claim that one strategy fits every child.

By the end of this course, you'll feel more confident with…

  • Understanding what's driving a challenging behavior instead of guessing
  • Using the antecedent–behavior–consequence framework to see patterns
  • Telling the difference between reinforcement and bribery — and using both well
  • Finding what actually motivates your child instead of assuming
  • Setting clear expectations and routines your child can follow
  • Getting through transitions without a daily standoff
  • Giving one clear instruction and fading your help over time
  • Teaching a replacement behavior instead of only removing the problem one
  • Knowing whether your plan is working — and what to adjust when it isn't

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Emilee Simmons, M.Ed.
Behavior Specialist

About your instructor

Emilee Simmons, M.Ed.

Behavior Specialist

  • M.Ed. in Education Administration, Lamar University
  • Graduate Certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis, University of Arkansas
  • 14 years in public education supporting students with behavioral challenges

I spent fourteen years in public education working with students whose behavior confused, exhausted, and worried the adults around them. In almost every case, the behavior made sense once someone slowed down and looked at what came before it and what happened after.

Parents kept asking me the same question at the end of meetings: can you write this down so I can use it at home? This course is that answer — the same principles I use professionally, translated into language you can use tonight.

You know your child better than any specialist ever will. My job is to hand you a way of looking at behavior that makes your own good judgment more effective.

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Parenting a child with ADHD — or a child who looks a lot like it

Many of the parents this course was written for are raising a child with an ADHD diagnosis, waiting on an evaluation, or simply living with the behaviors that often come with it: trouble stopping a preferred activity, forgotten instructions, big reactions to small changes, and homework that takes three hours.

  • The course teaches general behavior skills — reading what a behavior is for, setting up the environment, using reinforcement well, giving one clear instruction, fading reminders, and teaching a replacement behavior. Parents of children with ADHD often tell behavior specialists these are the pieces nobody explained to them.
  • It is not ADHD-specific curriculum, and it does not diagnose, treat, or manage ADHD. Nothing here replaces an evaluation, a treatment plan, medication decisions, therapy, or an IEP or 504 team.
  • You do not need a diagnosis to use it. Every strategy is written to work with the child in front of you, whatever label does or doesn't apply.
  • If your child is already working with a physician, therapist, or school behavior team, bring the worksheets to them. This course is meant to sit alongside professional support, not in place of it.

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Here is exactly what that one payment gets you:

  • All 5 modules and 15 written lessons, yours to re-read any time
  • 16 printable resources: a family worksheet, parent reflection sheet, and quick reference for every module
  • The week-long printable ABC Behavior Tracker with common antecedents, behaviors, and consequences to check off
  • Self-paced learning — no schedule, no live calls, nothing expires
  • Progress tracking saved to your account, on phone or computer
  • Lifetime access for one household, including any future updates to these lessons
  • Email support for questions about your purchase, account, or access

This is educational parent-support content. It is not medical, psychological, or behavioral health treatment, therapy, or diagnosis, and no course can promise a particular result with a particular child.

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Understanding Your Child's Behavior · Emilee Simmons, M.Ed., Behavior Specialist