Running head: PARENT-CHILD INTERACTION THERAPY

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy

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Parent-Child Interaction Therapy

The Parent-Child Interaction Therapy is a payable service offered by the Child-Parent

Centers. According to the Parent-Child Interaction Center, the services provided by these
institutions are subject to payment through two payment options. The self-pay Parent-Child
Interaction Center (P-CIC) provides a fee scale based on the gross income of a family per month
or the family size. The institutions accept cash credit cards and a cheque for the services they
offer. Another payment option for the services is through insurance. The therapists who offer
Parent-child Interaction Therapies (PCIT) are on a network with some insurance firms contracted
individually.
PCIT is a 10 to 20 session that involves individualizes parent training intervention on
specific behavior management techniques when interacting with their children. The therapy is,
therefore, a sessional intervention that improves the relation between a child and the parent and
not a continuous educational process. It is a family-centered service that helps in treatment for
abused or at-risk children of between 2 to 12 years of age.
Parent-child Interaction Therapy is an effective treatment that addresses the issues
relating to children with the following characteristics. Children who defy adults requests, loses
temper quickly, steals things, starts fights with others, and annoys others on purpose and those
children with difficulties in playing. Live coaching is among the primary methods of training
caregivers on P-CIT. They get coached on many and different play therapies and positive skills.
The coaching is done through an earpiece as the therapist observes the caregivers approach to a
child through monitoring. The parent and the child brought together, and the caregiver provides
the parent with skills and methods of dealing with the abused or at-risk child.
References

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy

Armstrong, K., & Kimonis, E. R. (2013). ParentChild Interaction Therapy for the Treatment of
Aspergers Disorder in Early Childhood A Case Study. Clinical Case Studies, 12(1), 6072.
Child Welfare Information Gateway (2013). Parent-Child Interaction Therapy With At-Risk
Families. Retrieved from https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/f_interactbulletin.pdf