For over twenty years, Connie Hammer, social worker, parent educator and parent coach, has been energetically guiding frustrated, lost and confused parents to achieve their parenting hopes and dreams with her amazing skills. Her coaching clients consistently describe her as “the instruction manual the stork forgot to leave” – an interactive one at that. She is very adept at customizing her support to each unique circumstance so parents can joyfully and successfully parent the child they were meant to have despite any physical, cognitive, social or emotional challenges. She will fine-tune any parent-child connection to function at its best. Her pledge to you is, “Invite me to become your parenting partner and I will transform your parenting world.”

Connie has been an S.O.S. for many parents – that Supportive Objective Someone you can lean on and learn from to create hassle-free mealtimes, battle-free bedtimes, tantrum-free shopping trips and more. Years ago as a young wife and mother of three sons, Connie would seek out objective and supportive individuals to assist her with her parenting challenges, now people are seeking her out.

Always dedicated to nurturing and protecting children, Connie has been recognized by the Governor of Maine and the Maine Children’s Trust with the 2012 Community Volunteer award for her work with children and families. Her passion for supporting parents led her to create a county-wide non-profit agency in 1985 to prevent child abuse and neglect that continues to thrive. Committed to doing even more for children and families, she acquired her MSW as her unique personal journey led her to experience life as a divorced, single, working and step parent which allows her to understand parenting from various perspectives.

Connie founded her coaching business, The Progressive Parent, LLC in 2005 and acquired her Parent Coach Certification™ from The Parent Coaching Institute of Bellevue, Washington, the nation’s only Parent Coach Certification™. Prior to this she spent seventeen years working as a school social worker counseling children and supporting parents. Earlier employment with state social services developed her ability to network with and acquire resources for any type of child or family in crisis.

Her mission continues to be helping parents achieve harmony in their home, work and family life. Due to her previous contact with autistic individuals and the alarming numbers of children being diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Connie is focusing her services on helping parents of young children recently diagnosed with autism. Her past experience working within schools equips her with the necessary knowledge to navigate any school system in order to adequately address the special needs of students. Her extensive training in child abuse prevention, conflict resolution and mediation also allows her to help parents raise victimless children that are resilient to all forms of child abuse and bullying.

Now running her coaching business from home, Connie enjoys the physical activities of gardening, tennis and hiking along with the calming practices of yoga, meditation and other leisure interests that nourish her soul and enrich her life.

Contact Information

Phone: 207-615-5457
eMail: connie@parentcoachingforautism.com