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Parent-Child Interaction Therapy [1]

PCIT is an evidenced-based treatment model with highly specified, step-by-step, live coached sessions with both the parent/caregiver and the child. Parents learn skills through PCIT didactic sessions. Using a transmitter and receiver system, the parent/caregiver is coached in specific skills as he or she interacts in play with the child. Generally, the therapist provides the coaching from behind a one-way mirror. The emphasis is on changing negative parent/caregiver child patterns.

Acronym: 
PCIT
Trauma Type: 
Early Childhood Trauma
General
Physical Abuse
Modality: 
Family
Targeted Populations: 
2-7; both males and females
Fact Sheet [2]
Published in 2019
Culture-Specific Fact Sheet [3]
Training Guidelines [4]
Source URL:https://nctsn.org/interventions/parent-child-interaction-therapy

Links
[1] https://nctsn.org/interventions/parent-child-interaction-therapy [2] https://nctsn.org/sites/default/files/interventions/pcit_general_031419.pdf [3] https://nctsn.org/sites/default/files/interventions/pcit_culture_specific_fact_sheet.pdf [4] https://nctsn.org/sites/default/files/interventions/pcit_training_guidelines.pdf