Parent Coaching
Parent Coaching for Parents of Neurodivergent Young Adults
Support Your Young Adult’s Independence Without Losing Connection
Parenting a neurodivergent teen or young adult can bring up questions that do not always have simple answers.
You may be wondering when to step in, when to step back, or how to stay connected when communication feels strained. You may also see your young adult moving toward more independence, while still needing support with planning, motivation, self-advocacy, college, work, relationships, or daily life.
Through personalized coaching, I help you better understand your young adult, clarify your changing role, and build a more confident, connected path forward.
Parent Coaching May Be Right for You If…
If you’re parenting a neurodivergent teen or young adult and experiencing any of the following, parent coaching may be right for you:
Unclear Next Steps: Are you unsure how to support more independence?
Independence Concerns: Are college, work, motivation, or life skills feeling uncertain?
Carrying Too Much: Are you doing most of the planning, reminding, advocating, or problem-solving?
Changing Parent Role: Are you trying to shift from managing their life to supporting their growth?
Communication Struggles: Do conversations feel tense, repetitive, avoidant, or misunderstood?
Understanding Your Young Adult: Do you want more clarity about what they need?
Rebuilding Connection: Do you want to rebuild trust and strengthen communication?
When Parenting Starts to Look Different
As your child moves toward adulthood, your role begins to shift. The things that worked when they were younger may not work in the same way now. You may still be deeply involved in their life, but also trying to support more independence, responsibility, and self-advocacy.
That balance can feel confusing and emotional. You want to help, but you do not want to overstep. You want to encourage growth, but you also see where they are struggling. You want to stay connected, but conversations may turn tense, avoidant, or misunderstood.
Parent coaching gives you a place to slow down, make sense of what is happening, and learn how to support your young adult in a way that is clear, respectful, and effective.
What Parent Coaching Can Help With
Parent coaching is personalized to your family, but common areas of support may include:
Strengthening Communication
Learn how to approach difficult conversations with more clarity, less reactivity, and greater understanding.
Clarifying Your Role
Understand what your role looks like now as your young adult moves toward more independence
Creating Healthier Boundaries
Set expectations that support both your young adult’s growth and your own well-being.
Building Confidence as a Parent
Move forward with more clarity, intention, and trust in the role you still play in your young adult’s success.
Supporting Independence
Identify realistic ways to encourage life skills, responsibility, decision-making, and self-advocacy without taking over.
Navigating College, Work, and Daily Life
Think through practical next steps around school, employment, routines, relationships, and the transition to adulthood.
When helpful, we may also include a joint session with your young adult to support clearer communication, mutual understanding, and a stronger relationship. This keeps family support available without making it a separate homepage offer.
The Goal Is Not to Step Away.
It Is to Step Into a New Role.
Parenting does not end when your child becomes a young adult. It changes.
The goal of parent coaching is to help you understand what your role looks like now, so you can support your young adult’s growth without carrying everything for them. With the right support, you can begin to feel more grounded, more confident, and more connected as your family moves through this transition.
This work is not about having the perfect script for every situation. It is about understanding what is happening, making thoughtful choices, and supporting independence in a way that honors both your young adult’s needs and your own.
A Simple, Supportive Process
Schedule a Discovery Call
We begin with an honest, low-pressure conversation about what is happening, what feels hard, and what kind of support may be most helpful.
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Clarify Goals and Build a Plan
Together, we identify strengths, challenges, priorities, and next steps so the path forward feels clear, practical, and personalized.
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Move Forward with Support
Through ongoing coaching, we work together to strengthen communication, build confidence, support independence, and create healthier patterns over time.
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Hi, I’m Sharona
I HELP FAMILIES MOVE FROM UNCERTAINTY
TO A CLEARER PATH FORWARD
For more than 35 years, I have worked alongside individuals with learning differences, neurodivergent young adults, and their families. I know how complex this stage can feel for parents as they try to support independence, strengthen communication, and understand what their role looks like as their child moves into adulthood.
My approach is compassionate, collaborative, and practical. As both a professional and the parent of two neurodivergent adults, I help families slow down, better understand what is happening, and create a path forward that honors each young adult’s strengths, needs, and timeline.
“You have helped to ground me in my aspirations and inflated expectations. You are very supportive, but also tell me how it needs to be told. The greatest awareness I have received working with you was my confidence as a parent. Also, I have learned new techniques to use with my son and not to be so hard on myself. I have also found a place where I don’t feel totally alone in my plight”
Ready for More Clarity in Your Parenting Role?
Sometimes the next step becomes clearer once you have space to talk it through. A discovery call gives us time to understand what is happening, explore what kind of support may help, and decide whether parent coaching is the right fit.