Parent-child interaction therapy, What is PCIT? Parent-Child Interaction Therapy is an innovative treatment shown to help children whose behavior is disruptive or impulsive enough to cause serious problems at home and at school. It's for children whose problematic behaviors—defiance, inability to follow directions, aggression–fall outside the range of what's typical for their age.
By restructuring interactions between parents and child, it reduces disruptive behavior and improves the child's relationship with his family. Parents learn specific skills to increase positive attention to behavior they want to encourage, and specific disciplinary techniques to respond to undesired behaviors.
PCIT has been shown to effectively move disruptive behavior in these children back into the typical range. Children learn how to control their problematic behavior, and parents experience much less stress in handling challenging children. The program is effective for children between the ages of 2 and 7, and usually takes 14 to 17 weekly sessions.
What happens during a PCIT session?
During most sessions, parents and children are seen together. Parents receive live coaching from their therapists behind a one-way mirror via wireless earbud, as they lead the child through a series of tasks, and practice specific responses to both desired and undesired behavior.
What happens outside of sessions?
Parents are asked to complete regular, brief practice sessions with their child under the guidance of their therapist. Home practice facilitates skill-building and confidence in using PCIT techniques and strategies.
PCIT is evidence-based
Outcome studies of PCIT have consistently demonstrated increases in positive parenting behaviors and decreases in negative parenting behaviors after treatment. Children demonstrate significant reductions in noncompliance and other disruptive behaviors, with gains maintained long after treatment ends. In addition, parents report much less stress managing their children's behavior.
PCIT at the Child Mind Institute
All PCIT at the Child Mind Institute is endorsed by PCIT International, which promotes gold standard PCIT treatment delivery.
Our team includes:
Master Trainer Melanie A. Fernandez, PhD, ABPP
Master Trainer Steven Kurtz, PhD, ABPP
In-house trainer Samantha P. Miller, PhD
PCIT is offered to families one-on-one with certified therapists or in a professional consultation group. In the latter program, families work directly with co-therapists and cases are reviewed by multiple professionals every week to promote treatment progress. Professional consultation group sessions always include live supervision and involvement from a Master Trainer.
The Parent-Child Interaction Therapy Training Academy at the Child Mind Institute is designed for licensed clinicians to learn to implement PCIT. The next training will be offered July 15-19, 2013.
Teacher-Child Interaction Training (TCIT) at CMI
The Child Mind Institute offers Teacher-Child Interaction Training (TCIT), an adaptation of PCIT for a variety of classroom settings. In TCIT, teachers are trained to use a specific set of empirically supported skills to better manage students' disruptive behaviors. Like PCIT, TCIT is taught in two phases. First teachers learn skills that reinforce students' positive classroom behaviors. Then teachers learn effective methods of intervening and setting limits when disruptive behavior occurs. CMI is currently developing partnerships for TCIT with the Department of Education, Teach for America, and the Archdiocese of New York.
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Parent-child interaction therapy
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