Spring Grove
Counseling & Wellness Center
A Private Practive Group
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Spring Grove Counseling & Wellness Center A Private Practive Group
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Parent-Child
Interaction Therapy
Children need more than food, shelter, and clothing. They need at least one person who is crazy about them.” Fran Stott
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, and the therapist coaches the
parent/caregiver as he or she interacts in specific play with the child. The
emphasis is on improving parent/caregiver and child patterns. The goals
of treatment are:
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A
decrease in child behavior problems with an increase in pro-social behaviors;
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An
increase in parenting skills, including positive discipline; and
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A
decrease in parenting stress.
PCIT
was initially targeted for families with children ages 2-to-7 with oppositional,
defiant, and other externalizing behavior problems. It has been adapted
successfully to serve parents at risk for aggressive discipline or abuse and
their children (ages 4-to-12).
PCIT may be conducted with parents, foster parents, or others in a
parental/caretaker role. Caregiver and child must have regular, ongoing therapy,
and contact outside of therapy throughout the process to allow for therapeutic
assignments to be completed.
The
intervention uses a two-stage approach aimed at relationship enhancement and
child behavior management. The parent is taught and coached in
relationship-building skills: Praise, Reflection, Imitation, Description, and
Enthusiasm (PRIDE.) The parent/caregiver is coached while interacting with the
child during relationship-enhancement treatment sessions (similar to play
therapy) until success is reached.
The
parent is then instructed and coached in a positive discipline program including
effective delivery of commands, with an appropriate parent response for child
compliance and will learn strategies designed to increase compliance. The skills
are gradually expanded for use from a structured implementation in treatment
sessions to structured sessions in the home to more unstructured situations and
finally to use in public situations. Skills are observed and coached in
treatment sessions. Specific behaviors are coded and charted on a graph at each
session, and parents are provided with immediate feedback about progress and
mastery of skills. Parents are given homework assignments to complete to enhance
their skills between sessions. Efforts are made to incorporate ethnic and
cultural practices and values.
How
to Make an Appointment Call (573-635-8299) to make an appointment for your family with therapist Kendall L. Grayson, MA, PLPC. Types of payment include self-pay $70/session (sliding scale available for low income families), Medicaid, and some other insurances. |
Last modified: August 28, 2008 |
