Telehealth Family Coaching With Type 1 Diabetes

"Occupation based coaching is an intervention proven to be an effective intervention in family-centered practice. OBC is a strength-based approach that emphases collaboration with clients in goals setting and attainment to increase overall health and quality of life. Clients are the central focus of the intervention and generate their own strategies to address goals as part of the coaching process. In their role as coach, the therapists employ techniques such as reflective questioning and comments to support clients in identifying existing routines and rituals that impact goal attainment and to increase knowledge and access to resources that can promote improved caregiver quality of life after a child's diagnoses with T1D. Occupation based coaching can be divided into the following steps: (1) setting goals, (2) exploring options, (3) planning action, (4) carrying out the plan, (5) checking performance, and (6) generalizing(Little et al., 2018, p.2)."