The Developmental Vacation® Course

A Self-Paced Parenting Course to Help You Reconnect With Your Child and Guide Them Toward Confidence, Resilience, and Growth

Our Course

A Clear Roadmap to Heal, Reconnect, and Guide Your Teen

Parenting a struggling child or teen can feel like living in constant chaos—arguments, shutdowns, rebellion, or risky choices. It’s exhausting, confusing, and sometimes heartbreaking.

That’s why we created the Developmental Vacation® Online Course—a self-paced program that helps you step out of the whirlwind and into clarity, confidence, and connection.

This course is designed for parents whose children have fallen off their natural developmental path, who are caught in cycles of anxiety or defiance, or who feel distant from their parental influence.

Built on over 35 years of proven success, the Developmental Vacation® model has helped thousands of families move from crisis to resilience. Now, you can access this same powerful approach from the comfort of home.

Can you imagine your child growing into maturity, independence, and confidence? If that vision feels far away, these resources are for you.

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What Parents Will Gain

Since 1987, Dr. Daniel Sanderson's Developmental Vacation® Model has been successfully implemented and practiced by thousands of parents, families, and professional therapists. Now, for the first time, this virtual training is available as a self-guided course for at-home use.

How It Works

Virtual Access is available for this self-guided curriculum for individuals, small groups, or therapy groups. Participants can work online at your own pace, and if needed, additional coaching is offered with exclusive access and face-to-face instruction for facilitators or parents, or clinical supervision for licensed therapists.

The Ideal Parent

This course is for parents of emotionally complex children, teens, or young adults who are seeking more than quick fixes or labels. If you’re ready to go beyond diagnoses and disciplinary cycles—and instead guide your child toward resilience, strength, and independence—the Developmental Vacation® Course is for you.

Self-Paced Parenting Program

DEVELOPMENTAL VACATION® ONLINE COURSE

Self-Paced Online Course

Access 16 expert-led lessons that guide you step by step in understanding your child’s behavior, rebuilding connection, and fostering confidence and resilience—all from the comfort of home.

Downloadable Parent Workbook

Apply what you learn with practical exercises, reflection prompts, and strategies designed to create real progress with your child.

Optional Coaching & Support

If you want extra guidance, personalized coaching is available—individual or small group sessions to help you implement the course material and get clarity for your unique family situation.

You don’t have to wait for another crisis. You can start today.

The Developmental Vacation® curriculum offers a self-paced, values-aligned approach to parenting that helps your child recover from their developmental break and nurtures growth, connection, and confidence—all from home.

And if you ever need extra support, Ascension Trails offers coaching opportunities to help you apply the curriculum more deeply to your family’s unique journey.