Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT): Training and Certification
Offered by the Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Women & Infants Hospital, and Brown University Office of Continuing Education
Instructor(s): Daniel M. Bagner
Location: Brown Center for the Study of Children
Dates: June 1-5, 2009
Meeting Times: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Fee: $3,000
Application Due Date: May 8, 2009
Description: Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is an evidence-based intervention for young children with behavior problems. In PCIT, the emphasis is on improving the quality of the parent-child relationship and changing parent-child interaction patterns. Parents are taught specific skills to establish a nurturing and secure relationship with their child while increasing their child’s prosocial behavior and decreasing negative behavior. The PCIT training program is held over 5 days and emphasizes fine-tuning of fundamental PCIT skills and enhances coding, coaching, and therapy process skills to engage and motivate families to meet treatment completion criteria efficiently.
Who should attend: child therapists, clinicians, treatment researchers, and therapy trainers at the Masters or Doctoral level.
Course Objectives: At the completion of the course participants will be able to:
- Discuss the history of PCIT
- Analyze the theoretical and empirical basis of PCIT
- Describe assessment devices that guide PCIT and evaluate outcomes
- Demonstrate mastery of Child Directed Interaction (CDI) and Parent Directed Interaction (PDI) skills
- Demonstrate parent-child interaction skills
- Interpret data for in-session use in coaching
- Discuss the principles and techniques of effective coaching
- Discuss parent behavior ratings as a guide and motivate parent homework practice
- Apply principles and techniques for engaging and motivating parents in PCIT
- Analyze behaviorally based problem-solving techniques for addressing barriers to implementing PCIT in the clinic and the home
Teaching strategies:
Lecture, discussion, videotape modeling, role-play mastery drills, and live case observation and participation, telephone/video consultations for 6 months following the workshop
Evaluation:
Demonstration of CDI and PDI skills
Coding parent-child interactions
Coaching parent child interactions
Participation in telephone/video conferences to receive feedback on PCIT cases and to discuss adaptations of PCIT
Instructor Bio(s): Daniel Bagner, Ph.D. received his BA in psychology and philosophy from Washington University in St. Louis. After completing his predoctoral internship at Brown Medical School in 2007, Dan received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology with a concentration in clinical child and pediatric psychology from the University of Florida. While in graduate school, he conducted research with Dr. Sheila Eyberg on the effectiveness of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) for preschool-age children with disruptive behavior. For his dissertation, which was supported by an F31 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, he conducted a randomized controlled trial examining PCIT for children with co-morbid disruptive behavior and mental retardation. For his postdoctoral fellowship, Dan received an F32 grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to conduct a randomized controlled trial examining PCIT for children born premature in collaboration with Drs. Barry Lester, Stephen Sheinkopf, and Betty Vohr at the Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk and Women & Infants’ Hospital.