Requirements for ​Virtual Delivery of Training 

•  Forty initial hours of training plus a year of ongoing consultation (as consistent with the PCIT International Therapist Training Requirements; see www.PCIT.org for most recent document).
• Thirty of the 40 hours must be provided via synchronous virtual format (i.e., live interactions between trainer and trainees, not recorded didactics or video);
• Ten hours can be provided via asynchronous formats.
•  Workshop hours can be distributed for the convenience of trainer and trainees (e.g., 2 hrs/week; 10hrs/week). However, 40hrs/week is not recommended.
• No more than 6 trainees in a virtual workshop.
• Content of the 40 hours to be consistent with the PCIT International Therapist Training Requirements (www.PCIT.org).
• Experiential learning/active practice and assessment of therapists’ PCIT skills to be integrated into the online training (see attached for ideas for virtual skill-building exercises).
• Therapy session review for each trainee (live or of video) as specified by the PCIT International Therapist Training Requirements (www.PCIT.org).
• Region limits for Regional trainers remain the same (i.e., unless otherwise specified by PCIT International, Regional certification includes your training only therapists who practice within your state).