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Priority Order vs. Decision Rules
You know the drill. You are coding a family using the DPICS and stumble upon a coding conundrum. Should you use the priority order? What the heck is the priority order? Not sure?? Read on for this enlightening post by Dr. Rhea Chase… One of the basic coding rules is that we can only code a verbalization as one DPICS category. This is tricky because there are many things parents say that represent two categories. So, for example, if a parent says, “You’re building a great tower!” that is both a BD and a LP. But we can’t code [...]
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Time Out Revisited
When deciding to add PCIT services at an agency, there is often a great deal of discussion related to what modifications might be needed to the PCIT therapy space in order to implement PCIT with fidelity. In this installment of Clinician’s Corner, Dr. Rhea Chase talks about the importance of using a Time Out “Room” as a back up to the Time Out chair. As far as the timeout room – I do a lot of training in community agencies, and, as we’re all aware, they typically don’t have a lot of space! I know the concept of a timeout [...]
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Tough Time Out Situations
We’ve had a request to include some clinically-oriented information on the PCIT International website. To start with, we are going to include some clinical Q & A features on the blog and then move them to an archive on the webpage. Please let us know if you have any other questions that we could address here. Jocelyn Clegg, MFT, asked ”I am hoping that someone has some brilliant insight/intervention on how to end a time out session when the child has refused to go to time out, lost three privileges, thrown all toys (which were removed), jumped off of [...]
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The PCIT Store is now open for online business!
Buy your 2011 PCIT Manual today! Buy your PCIT Manual online today! We are pleased to release the 2011 Parent-Child Interaction Therapy Manual for sale in the PCIT Store! The 2011 PCIT Manual has 197 pages and includes new features such as: An outline for conducting intake assessments Step-by-step instructions for each treatment session Sample “scripts” for explaining items to families Updated handouts and parent tip sheets Essential elements bolded throughout protocol and included in Integrity Checklists All for the bargain price of $45.95 (plus tax & S/H)! Discounted pricing available when you buy in bulk! (Tax free purchasing available for tax exempt agencies.) Click Here [...]
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Happy New Year!
On behalf of PCIT International, I’d like to take this opportunity to say “Happy New Year!” I saw this little sign in a gift shop a few months ago and thought that it was especially relevant to our work as PCIT therapists. I hope that 2012 is off to a wonderful start for all of you…its going to be a good year : )
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psst….
Can you keep a secret? The official announcement hasn’t gone out yet but I thought that you, dear blog reader, should be the first to know. The new PCIT protocol is for sale online! See that new tab called “web store” at the top of the www.pcit.org page? Go forth! Click it! And buy some new protocols for yourself and your PCIT friends! Let’s keep this on the down low for now…just you and me : ) More later….
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Post-Doc at the Child Mind Institute
The Child Mind Institute is hiring a post doc for their ADHD, Disruptive Behavior Disorders, and Selective Mutism Clinic. Why should you apply for this position? (Click here for Post Doc Info ) 1) You get to work with this guy 2) You get to work in NYC and artwork from the Whitney Museum would grace your walls 3) Their vending machine is stocked with nothing but healthy snacks!! Enough said.
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PCITweets
Just a quick little note to remind you that PCIT has a twitter account. Our twitter name is PCITweets and we hope to have new tweets posted on the PCIT webpage soon. Check us out!
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Job Opening at the Child Mind Institute
Ever wish that you could join your love of all things PCIT and New York City? Look no further than this job ad for a PhD-level Clinician (see link below) I had the opportunity to visit the Child Mind Institute last spring. It is an amazing facility and the people who work there are pretty darn nice, too! I have more photos to share from my visit there (so stay tuned). You really should apply for this job!! ADHD DBD Clinician Job Description
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New, improved CDI cleanerupper
Thanks to Dr. Steve Kurtz from the Child Mind Institute for the following blog contribution: Just when you hit the end of those messy CDI sessions when you regret that we are the ones who actually do the cleaning up comes the new, improved “official” PCIT International CDI Cleaner-Upper – which doubles as a portable time-out area for public behaviors:) at 1/10 the size of your standard rug remnant