Parent-Child

Is PCIT right for your

family?
PRIDE Skills Interaction
______________________ Therapy (PCIT)
Do you have a 2 to 6
year old child with
Praise
challenging behaviors?
Do you worry about how
Reect
to manage your childs Imitate
dicult behaviors?
If yes, then PCIT might be right Describe
Enjoy
for you and your family!
Contact us for more
information and to schedule an
appointment. We look forward
to working with you!



UCSB PCIT Clinic

Department of Counseling, Clinical, and
School Psychology
Santa Barbara, CA, 93106-9490
805-893-8064

http://padreslab.weebly.com/pcit-
clinic.html
 Parent-Child Interaction Who is PCIT for?
How Does PCIT Work?
Therapy (PCIT)
PCIT is an exceptionally eective
Children ages 2 to 6 who display
PCIT is a short-term, specialized treatment backed by over 30 years of any or all of the following:
behavior management program research. Live coaching is a hallmark
Parent-child relational problems
designed for young children of PCIT. The therapist observe the
experiencing behavioral and/or Refusal and deance of adult
caregiver and child together, then requests
emotional diculties and their families.
provide coaching ]on the PCIT skills.
PCIT teaches caregivers to manage their Easy loss of temper
childs dicult behaviors, while Caregivers and therapists work
Purposeful annoyance of others
increasing their positive behaviors. PCIT together to manage challenging child
Destruction of property
works with the child and caregiver behaviors.
together to improve behavior and Diculty staying seated

reduce parenting stress. Diculty playing quietly

Diculty taking turns
What is PCIT?

PCIT consists of weekly sessions

Who are appropriate
conducted in two treatment phases.
Advantages of Live Coaching:
caregivers for PCIT?
Child-Directed Interaction (CDI) Skills are acquired rapidly by
caregivers, as they practice in the Biological parents
Caregivers are taught the PRIDE skills:
Praise, Reect, Imitate, and moment with therapist support. Foster parents
Enjoyment. These skills promote Therapists provide caring support Adoptive parents
positive child behaviors.
as caregivers gain condence and Legal guardian
Parent-Directed Interaction (PDI) master their skills. Grandparents
Caregivers learn to use eective Therapists provide immediate Kinship caregivers
commands and discipline procedures. feedback about strategies to
The PCIT therapist helps caregivers
manage their childs behaviors in manage the childs challenging
many settings. behaviors.