Internet Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: Using Live Parent Coaching via Video-Conferencing to Help Families Living Remotely
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Balcony 1+2 - In Person Only
| Thursday, November 10, 2022 |
| 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM |
Overview
Dr Jane Kohlhoff, University of New South Wales and Linda Lennie, Karitane
Speaker
Associate Professor Jane Kohlhoff
Associate Professor
University of New South Wales
Internet Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: Using Live Parent Coaching via Video-Conferencing to Help Families Living Remotely
Abstract
When behavioural difficulties in young children are severe and left untreated, they can place significant stress on parents and families (Costello et al., 2003) and represent the start of a trajectory towards poor social, academic, and mental health outcomes (Briggs-Gowan et al., 2006).
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT; Eyberg, 1988) is an evidence-based parent-training program developed for the treatment of disruptive behaviour problems in children aged 2-7 years. PCIT aims to enhance parent-child relationship quality and improve child compliance. PCIT teaches positive parenting techniques through live parent ‘coaching’, usually in a clinic setting. In addition, PCIT-Toddler (PCIT-T; Girard et al., 2018) has been developed to meet the developmental needs of younger children, with a particular focus on enhancing toddler and parent emotion regulation.
Unfortunately, families from rural and remote areas often miss out on clinic-based early parenting programs such as PCIT and PCIT-T. In our work at Karitane in 2018-2019, we showed the effectiveness of PCIT when delivered to families from rural and remote areas of NSW from a community-based clinic in Sydney via videoconference (Internet-PCIT, or I-PCIT). With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, we expanded the program significantly and now treat up to 100 I-PCIT sessions each month. More recently in 2022, we have evaluated outcomes of a brief Internet-based PCIT-Toddler ‘prevention’ program for families with psychosocial vulnerabilities and young toddlers aged 12-18 months.
This presentation will provide a brief overview of PCIT and PCIT-T, and a description of how these programs can be delivered via the Internet, illustrated with video examples and clinical case material. Quantitative and qualitative outcome data will be presented, followed by discussion of the training requirements for PCIT and PCIT-T and the unique challenges faced by PCIT clinicians and trainees when delivering these programs in rural and remote areas.
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT; Eyberg, 1988) is an evidence-based parent-training program developed for the treatment of disruptive behaviour problems in children aged 2-7 years. PCIT aims to enhance parent-child relationship quality and improve child compliance. PCIT teaches positive parenting techniques through live parent ‘coaching’, usually in a clinic setting. In addition, PCIT-Toddler (PCIT-T; Girard et al., 2018) has been developed to meet the developmental needs of younger children, with a particular focus on enhancing toddler and parent emotion regulation.
Unfortunately, families from rural and remote areas often miss out on clinic-based early parenting programs such as PCIT and PCIT-T. In our work at Karitane in 2018-2019, we showed the effectiveness of PCIT when delivered to families from rural and remote areas of NSW from a community-based clinic in Sydney via videoconference (Internet-PCIT, or I-PCIT). With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, we expanded the program significantly and now treat up to 100 I-PCIT sessions each month. More recently in 2022, we have evaluated outcomes of a brief Internet-based PCIT-Toddler ‘prevention’ program for families with psychosocial vulnerabilities and young toddlers aged 12-18 months.
This presentation will provide a brief overview of PCIT and PCIT-T, and a description of how these programs can be delivered via the Internet, illustrated with video examples and clinical case material. Quantitative and qualitative outcome data will be presented, followed by discussion of the training requirements for PCIT and PCIT-T and the unique challenges faced by PCIT clinicians and trainees when delivering these programs in rural and remote areas.
Biography
Jane Kohlhoff is a clinical psychologist and Associate Professor in the University of New South Wales School of Psychiatry, Australia. Dr Kohlhoff conducts clinically oriented and translational research in the area of perinatal, infant and early childhood mental health. She has particular interests in attachment theory and clinical applications, and early parenting interventions. She is a PCIT clinician and within-agency trainer, and co-developer of the PCIT-Toddler model.
Ms Linda Lennie
Social Worker
Karitane
Internet Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: Using live parent coaching via video-conferencing to help families living remotely
Abstract
When behavioural difficulties in young children are severe and left untreated, they can place significant stress on parents and families (Costello et al., 2003) and represent the start of a trajectory towards poor social, academic, and mental health outcomes (Briggs-Gowan et al., 2006).
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT; Eyberg, 1988) is an evidence-based parent-training program developed for the treatment of disruptive behaviour problems in children aged 2-7 years. PCIT aims to enhance parent-child relationship quality and improve child compliance. PCIT teaches positive parenting techniques through live parent ‘coaching’, usually in a clinic setting. In addition, PCIT-Toddler (PCIT-T; Girard et al., 2018) has been developed to meet the developmental needs of younger children, with a particular focus on enhancing toddler and parent emotion regulation.
Unfortunately, families from rural and remote areas often miss out on clinic-based early parenting programs such as PCIT and PCIT-T. In our work at Karitane in 2018-2019, we showed the effectiveness of PCIT when delivered to families from rural and remote areas of NSW from a community-based clinic in Sydney via videoconference (Internet-PCIT, or I-PCIT). With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, we expanded the program significantly and now treat up to 100 I-PCIT sessions each month. More recently in 2022, we have evaluated outcomes of a brief Internet-based PCIT-Toddler ‘prevention’ program for families with psychosocial vulnerabilities and young toddlers aged 12-18 months.
This presentation will provide a brief overview of PCIT and PCIT-T, and a description of how these programs can be delivered via the Internet, illustrated with video examples and clinical case material. Quantitative and qualitative outcome data will be presented, followed by discussion of the training requirements for PCIT and PCIT-T and the unique challenges faced by PCIT clinicians and trainees when delivering these programs in rural and remote areas.
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT; Eyberg, 1988) is an evidence-based parent-training program developed for the treatment of disruptive behaviour problems in children aged 2-7 years. PCIT aims to enhance parent-child relationship quality and improve child compliance. PCIT teaches positive parenting techniques through live parent ‘coaching’, usually in a clinic setting. In addition, PCIT-Toddler (PCIT-T; Girard et al., 2018) has been developed to meet the developmental needs of younger children, with a particular focus on enhancing toddler and parent emotion regulation.
Unfortunately, families from rural and remote areas often miss out on clinic-based early parenting programs such as PCIT and PCIT-T. In our work at Karitane in 2018-2019, we showed the effectiveness of PCIT when delivered to families from rural and remote areas of NSW from a community-based clinic in Sydney via videoconference (Internet-PCIT, or I-PCIT). With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, we expanded the program significantly and now treat up to 100 I-PCIT sessions each month. More recently in 2022, we have evaluated outcomes of a brief Internet-based PCIT-Toddler ‘prevention’ program for families with psychosocial vulnerabilities and young toddlers aged 12-18 months.
This presentation will provide a brief overview of PCIT and PCIT-T, and a description of how these programs can be delivered via the Internet, illustrated with video examples and clinical case material. Quantitative and qualitative outcome data will be presented, followed by discussion of the training requirements for PCIT and PCIT-T and the unique challenges faced by PCIT clinicians and trainees when delivering these programs in rural and remote areas.
Biography
Linda Lennie is a Social Worker, PCIT Certified Therapist and Within Agency Trainer with PCIT International. She works as a clinician delivering PCIT in clinic and virtually in her role at Karitane. She is involved with training and supervision for PCIT therapists across NSW and is currently in the process of becoming a Regional Trainer with PCIT International. Linda enjoys seeing families grow in parenting confidence and witnessing the parent child relationship strengthen.
