Posted on October 26, 2007 in Latest News
Misbehaved children are the distress of parents. But often they don’t realize that the reason behind their children’s wrong conduct is their own attitude towards the little ones. The solution of the problem is now close at hand. It is the Parent-Child Interaction Therapy.
Parent-child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is a family centered and empirically supported treatment for conduct-disordered young children. This treatment emphasizes on improving parent-child relationship and developing the interaction pattern between them. PCIT helps improving the parent-child communication, thereby making the child more social and less negative.
PCIT actually focuses on two basic types of interactions:
- CDI or Child Directed Interaction. In this program parents engage their child in play, which enhances their relation with their children.
- PDI or Parent Directed Interaction helps parents learn using specific behavior management techniques while playing with their child.
Benefits of PCIT:
- PCIT includes live coaching of both parents and child together to ward off the bitterness among them.
- It reduces behavior problem in young children by improving parent child interaction.
- It helps parents learn to bond with their children more effectively, which enhances the development of parent-child relationship.
- Through this treatment parents learn to model and reinforce effective ways of dealing with emotions like frustration. Children also behave in a more positive way with their parents.
- It is also effective for physically abusive parents. PCIT can change the behavior of physically abusive parents irrespective of child behavior.
- PCIT breaks the vicious cycle of negative behavior from both the parents and the children. It helps both parents and children developing a positive attitude towards each other.
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy is very effective in developing the communication between parents and children. A healthy interaction between parents and children helps the children recovering from conduct-disorder behavior and they become more social, confident and positive.
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October 27th, 2007 at 9:05 am
If only the parent actually try out proper (non-violence) disciplinary steps on her own but still failed…. yes, then therapy is a must!
If therapy is introduced too early, the parent will doubt his/her capability, in this way, it will be harder to build up his/her confidence in taking care of her own child. Matters may be worse in later future.