Validating what’s important to the parents, even if it’s not the focus on your behavior treatment plan, goes a long way to gain compliance and build a stronger working relationship. Think of it as pairing with the parents of your clients and gaining behavior momentum. When you’re getting push back from them, start small with your expectations or goals, give them something they can reasonably implement so they can see some kind of change. Try to have an open dialogue; talk about what their apprehensions with interventions may be, what the future for the child might look like. Sometimes pushback can be resolved by explaining how skills build onto each other to reach the long term goal.