You’re Doing Your Best. Let’s Make It Easier.
You love your child fiercely. You’re juggling therapies, appointments, IEPs, and daily life. You want to help—but “ABA talk” can feel overwhelming, and therapy only happens for a few hours while you’re trying to figure out what to do the rest of the day.
You need practical strategies that fit into breakfast routines, car rides, and bedtime. Not clinical manuals. Not theory.
Just clear guidance on how to:
You need practical strategies that fit into breakfast routines, car rides, and bedtime. Not clinical manuals. Not theory.
Just clear guidance on how to:
- Support communication at home
- Teach new skills during daily routines
- Reduce frustration (yours and theirs)
- Build independence step by step
That’s what these courses do.
Courses for Parents
Featured Course
Understanding Verbal Operants: A Parent’s Guide
Learn how language actually works—and how to teach it.
Why can your child label everything but never ask for what they need? Why do some words work in therapy but disappear at home?
This course breaks down the six types of communication (verbal operants) and shows you exactly how to support each one.
Why can your child label everything but never ask for what they need? Why do some words work in therapy but disappear at home?
This course breaks down the six types of communication (verbal operants) and shows you exactly how to support each one.
You’ll learn:
- How to create opportunities for your child to request throughout the day
- Why labeling and requesting are different skills (and why both matter)
- How to turn everyday moments into powerful teaching opportunities
- How to expand single words into conversations
$47 | 90 minutes | Lifetime access
Coming Soon
Play is Learning: How to Engage an Autistic Child
Turn playtime into meaningful connection and skill-building.
Play doesn’t have to look like the neurotypical playbook. Learn how to meet your child where they are and build skills through activities they actually enjoy.
Play doesn’t have to look like the neurotypical playbook. Learn how to meet your child where they are and build skills through activities they actually enjoy.
You’ll learn:
- How to join your child’s play without disrupting it
- Ways to expand interests into learning opportunities
- How to teach turn-taking, sharing, and social play
- Strategies for sensory-friendly play
Coming Soon | Join the waitlist
Coming Soon
Managing Challenging Behaviors at Home
Understand the why behind the behavior—and what to do about it.
Meltdowns. Aggression. Self-injury. These behaviors are communication. Learn how to decode what your child is telling you and respond in ways that reduce the behavior and teach better alternatives.
Meltdowns. Aggression. Self-injury. These behaviors are communication. Learn how to decode what your child is telling you and respond in ways that reduce the behavior and teach better alternatives.
You’ll learn:
- How to identify the function of behavior
- Antecedent strategies to prevent problems before they start
- How to teach replacement behaviors
- When to seek additional support
Coming Soon | Join the waitlist
Why Parents Choose MyABATrainer
Parent training should feel supportive—not overwhelming. These courses are designed to help you take action right away, with strategies that respect your child and fit your real life.
No ABA Jargon Overload
Plain-English explanations. If it sounds confusing, we break it down.
Real-Life Application
Built for real homes, real schedules, and real challenges.
Respect-Centered
We honor your child’s autonomy, preferences, and communication.
Affordable
Therapy is expensive enough. Parent training shouldn’t be.
Created by a Parent Who Gets It
Hi, I’m Shannon Williams, founder of MyABATrainer LLC. I raise two autistic children. I’ve lived the IEP meetings, the sensory meltdowns, the exhaustion—and the wins that make it all worth it.
These courses are the training I wish every parent had access to: clear, practical, and respectful. You’ll learn what to do, why it works, and how to use it in the moments that actually matter—at home.
These courses are the training I wish every parent had access to: clear, practical, and respectful. You’ll learn what to do, why it works, and how to use it in the moments that actually matter—at home.
What Parents Say
“Shannon helped me see that I was already doing ABA—I just didn’t know it. Now I’m more intentional and seeing so much progress.”
— Parent of a 4-year-old
“Finally, training that doesn’t make me feel like I need a PhD to help my own kid.”
— Parent of a 7-year-old
“The verbal operants course changed everything. My son is requesting for the first time ever.”
— Parent of a 5-year-old
Not Sure Where to Start?
Start with Understanding Verbal Operants. It’s the foundation for everything—communication, behavior, and connection. Once you understand how language works, everything else makes more sense.
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You’re Not Alone
Parenting an autistic or neurodivergent child can feel isolating. You’re doing hard, important work. These courses give you the tools and confidence to support your child—not as a therapist, but as their most important teacher.
Let’s do this together.
Let’s do this together.
Questions? Email shannon.williams@myabatrainer.com
