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PCIT Room Set Up and Treatment Materials


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​The following are suggested PCIT room set-ups for agencies to consider when outfitting PCIT rooms into office space. Please note that each agency is responsible for setting up PCIT rooms in accordance with policies, procedures, and legal statutes that guide service delivery within their respective jurisdiction.

One Way Mirror Room Set-Up

The traditional basic set-up for PCIT rooms will include:
  • Observation room
  • Average-sized treatment rooms are preferred rather than larger conference rooms.
  • A barrier room (or "time out" room) is preferred but not required. A barrier room is ideally approximately 4X6 feet or so - no smaller than 4X4 and no larger than a small office - and it must have adequate light. When designing a barrier room consider having a "dutch door" cut off approximately 5 feet high and/or a safety glass window into the timeout room to permit visual contact.
  • If a barrier room (or "time out" room) is not feasible for your agency, consider the use of a “swoop and go” room where the treatment room becomes the barrier room. The caregiver leaves the treatment room with the toys and the child remains in the treatment room. Ideally, the treatment room should consider having a "dutch door" cut off approximately 5 feet high to permit visual contact.
  • A one-way mirror (consider acrylic or other shatter-resistant or unbreakable materials)
  • Side by side rooms (therapy room, observation room, and barrier room)
  • An adult sized table with two chairs to accommodate a caregiver and child, an adult sized sturdy time out chair and at least three choices of appropriate toys.
  • An omnidirectional or boundary microphone within the treatment room that is capable of clearly picking up the sound of verbal interactions between caregiver and child while the therapist is on the other side of the one-way mirror in the observation room. A speaker or headphones are required to hear the audio from the treatment room.
  • A microphone for transmitting coaching statements to the parent is required.
  • A wireless monitoring system or Bluetooth earpiece (bug-in-the-ear device) will be necessary for the caregiver to hear coaching statements earpiece device.
  • Video recording camera preferred but not required. Video recording sessions within written consent from the parent also allows for session review by consultant or supervisor, your review of caregiver skill level, and as a reference as the sessions progress.
  • Providers must ensure within their agency that the selection of video recording, microphone, and hearing equipment is compliant with HIPAA regulations.
 
Video-Feed Room Set-Up
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Within some agencies, it is not feasible to have adjoining rooms and/or one-way mirrors. In those instances, some agencies elect to set up video feed rooms. While not ideal as coach eye tracking of caregiver-child interactions is much faster than video tracking of interactions (zoom, pan, and tilt), this may be the only feasible room-set up for some agencies. Regardless, the video observation room should be as close as possible to the treatment room in the event of an emergency.
The basic set-up for video-feed PCIT rooms will include:
  • Video recording camera within the treatment room preferably with quick response pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) capabilities. This will allow for more detailed visual tracking of caregiver-child interactions.
  • Observation room with video monitor that allows for live video feed of caregiver-child interactions.
  • Average-sized treatment rooms are preferred rather than larger conference rooms.
  • A barrier room (or "time out" room) is preferred but not required. A barrier room is ideally approximately 4X6 feet or so - no smaller than 4X4 and no larger than a small office - and it must have adequate light. When designing a barrier room consider having a "dutch door" cut off approximately 5 feet high and/or a safety glass window into the timeout room to permit visual contact.
  • If a barrier room (or "time out" room) is not feasible for your agency, consider the use of a “swoop and go” room where the treatment room becomes the barrier room. The caregiver leaves the treatment room with the toys and the child remains in the treatment room. Ideally, the treatment room should consider having a "dutch door" cut off approximately 5 feet high to permit visual contact.
  • An adult sized table with two chairs to accommodate a caregiver and child, an adult sized sturdy time out chair and at least three choices of appropriate toys.
  • An omnidirectional or boundary microphone within the treatment room that is capable of clearly picking up the sound of verbal interactions between caregiver and child while the therapist is on the other side of the one-way mirror in the observation room. A speaker or headphones are required to hear the caregiver-child audio from the treatment room.
  • A microphone for transmitting coaching statements to the parent is required.
  • A wireless monitoring system or Bluetooth earpiece (bug-in-the-ear device) will be necessary for the caregiver to hear coaching statements earpiece device.

Suggestions for Audio and Video Equipment and Treatment Room Toys

PCIT International does not specifically endorse any particular vendor or equipment set-up for purchasing of PCIT-related equipment. It is important for each agency to ensure that the equipment and room set-up is in compliance with HIPAA, agency, local, state, and federal standards. 

Examples of Audio-Video Set-ups for PCIT rooms

Possible vendors that may sell needed audio and video equipment include but are not limited to:
Amazon.com
B&H
Best Buy for Business


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          • Norway
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