Parenting with hope can often feel impossible when caregivers and children are struggling. 

I am excited to announce my NEW Parenting with Hope Online Course designed for caregivers who would like extra support and love without judgement as you navigate what to do to help your child.

Everyone is in a different place with different struggles and obstacles. 

The Parenting with Hope Online Course is completely individualized to your needs, to help you create a plan that works for both your and your child.

Parenting with Hope Online Course

What's Included in the Parenting with Hope Online Course?

The Parenting with Hope Online Course consists of 25 modules that help you create a plan that works for you and your child.

You are able to watch the modules at your convenience. There is no need to be available at a certain day or time.

Each module is between 15 and 30 minutes long, which won't take up too much of your time or be too overwhelming.

You will receive a workbook when you sign up for the course. During the course you will also receive printables and a few other surprises along the way.

When you start the Parenting with Hope Online Course, you will be invited to the  Parenting with  Hope Online Course Facebook Group, which is private.

Here you will be able to ask questions and receive love and support.

The first module will be shared on Monday, July 10, 2023.

In order to participate in the class, caregivers must register by Friday, June 30, 2023.

What is Being Taught During the Parenting with Hope Online Course?

The main goal of the course is to help you create and execute a plan that helps you and your child. 

Several different topics will be introduced and broken down to help you get to know yourself, your child, and what works best for both of you.

With each topic, you will be encouraged to ask questions, observe yourself, and your child. Then YOU will decide how to implement new information you've discovered into your daily life at your pace.

Some of the topics in this course include:

• Observing the Child
• The Proprioceptive Sense
• Emotional Regulation
• Natural and Logical Consequences
• Visual Schedules and Supports
• Preferred and Nonpreferred Tasks
• Attachment
• Self-Care

Support will be provided throughout this process. Questions will be answered. Resources will be provided and recommended along the way.

Who is the Parenting with Hope Online Course for?

This course is for any caregiver who is struggling with raising a child, or for any caregiver who has a child that is struggling.

The Parenting with Hope Online Course is completely individualized to your needs, to help you create and execute a plan that works for you.

Caregivers who have children with physical, developmental, emotional, and trauma-based disabilities are welcome. 

Caregivers of children who have no diagnoses or disabilities are welcome also.

Caregivers of children of any race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or whatever are welcome.  We support and love everyone. 

You decide how much you share with others and with me during the Parenting with Hope Online Course.

My goal is to teach you how to create and carry out a plan that works for you and your circumstances. 

Every caregiver is different.

Every child is different.

I Understand

Parenting can be lonely. It is hard. Sometimes you just want a little love and support, and assurance that you're doing the right thing.

I'm here to cheer you on and help.

Asking for help is hard when struggling as a caregiver, or when caring for a child who is struggling.

Everyone has an opinion about what you should and shouldn't do. 

When you finally build up the courage to seek professional help (if it comes to that point), because that's the only thing you can think of to do, you and/or your child are put on waitlists. 

Appointments can be scheduled months and sometimes years out.

The whole process can feel absolutely hopeless. You may feel defeated. 

Now what?

The Parenting with Hope Online Course is the perfect solution to help you while you wait for professionals and appointments.

In fact, the course can help prepare you for those appointments and feel so much more confident moving forward.

I believe you are the expert on your child and you know what's best. You just need to understand your options and know how to move forward. That's what I want to help you with.

Some of you may have worked with or are currently working with professionals now. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be helping. In some instances it may be making things worse.

The truth of the matter is not all professionals are equally educated, experienced and helpful. 

Appointments can take up so much time and money.

The Parenting with Hope Online Course may be a better fit for where you're at now (so long as help isn't court mandated), until you feel more comfortable navigating community services and/or until you have funds to pay for services that aren't covered under insurance.

So many struggle being able to afford help. 

I've worked hard to ensure that the Parenting with Hope Online Course is affordable for all.

The Parenting with Hope Online Course is here to help you feel empowered and educated to navigate supports and services your family may need and want, while feeling confident and in control.

Some of you may currently be working with professionals, but it doesn't feel like enough or isn't moving fast enough. 

I'm here to provide you with extra support and work at your pace, so you can see the progress and feel the hope you've been so desperately wanting.

Some of you may just be needing someone who's lived in the trenches and experienced all you're going through, who won't pass judgement. 

I am here for you.

Who Am I?

Now some may be wondering, why take a course from Renae at Every Star Is Different?

I'm NOT a trained therapist.

I'm NOT a doctor.

I'm NOT a certified parent coach.

The support I give can not replace professional help and guidance.

I am a mother to four children, two biological, and two adopted, with physical, developmental, emotional, and trauma-based disabilities. They are between the ages of eleven and sixteen years old.

I am the wife of a husband with developmental and emotional disabilities.

I am the mother of a child who at times is homicidal, violent, and aggressive. This child has been in psychiatric care multiple times and spent three years in four residential placements.

I am the mother of a child who at times is suicidal and struggles with depression.

I am living in a home with four people who have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.

I am living in a home with four people who have been diagnosed with ADHD.

I am living in a home with five people who struggle with anxiety, three diagnosed with an anxiety disorder.

I am living in a home with two people who have been diagnosed with Reactive Attachment Disorder.

I am living in a home with two people who have been diagnosed with PTSD.

I am living with two adopted children who have had exposure to alcohol and drugs while in the womb.

I am living with a child who is blind in one eye and has Cranial Facial Microsomia.

I am living in a home where six people have special dietary needs, some life threatening, all medically necessary.

I have worked with countless professionals with a wide range of education, experience and respect. 

I have attended multiple trainings.

I have felt judgement.

I have been treated as if I know nothing.

I have felt every feeling a caregiver could feel, the good, the bad, and the in between.

I have sixteen years of experience living with and caring for children with physical, developmental, emotional, and trauma-based disabilities.

I have been a foster parent to over twenty children.

I am here for you.

Sign Up for the Parenting with Hope Online Course today!