Parent-Child Interaction Therapy with Toddlers: Improving Attachment and Emotion Regulation

Girard, Emma I.; Wallace, Nancy M.; Kohlhoff, Jane R.; Morgan, Susan S. J.; McNeil, Cheryl B.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-93251-4

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Parent-Child Interaction Therapy with Toddlers: Improving Attachment and Emotion Regulation

Girard, Emma I., Wallace, Nancy M., Kohlhoff, Jane R., Morgan, Susan S. J., McNeil, Cheryl B.·2018·Springer eBooks

DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-93251-4

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PCIT-T is a new attachment-based parenting intervention designed specifically for parents and toddlers.
“Parent–Child Interaction Therapy – Toddler (PCIT-T; [36, 52]) is a new attachment-based parenting intervention, designed specifically for parents and toddlers.”
From Optimizing parenting and child outcomes following parent–child interaction therapy – toddler: a randomized controlled trial (2024) · cites this paper as [36]
PCIT-T was delivered according to the protocol outlined by Girard and colleagues.
“PCIT-T was delivered according to the protocol outlined by Girard and colleagues [36].”
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Treatment fidelity for PCIT-T was maximized by post-session fidelity checklists completed by clinicians at end of every session and fortnightly clinical reflective supervision by a PCIT-T program developer.
“Treatment fidelity was maximized by the use of: 1) post-session fidelity checklists completed by PCIT-T clinicians at the end of every treatment session [36]; and 2) clinical reflective supervision sessions provided to each of the PCIT-T clinicians on a fortnightly basis throughout the course of the research trial by one of the PCIT-T program developers.”
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This study represents the first RCT study to test outcomes of the most recent iteration of the PCIT-T model, and the first ever comparison of the PCIT-T model (in any form) with an active treatment condition.
“This study represents the first RCT study to test outcomes of the most recent iteration of the PCIT-T model [36], and the first ever comparison of the PCIT-T model (in any form) with an active treatment condition.”
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Authors: Girard, E. I., Wallace, N. M., Kohlhoff, J. R., Morgan, S. S. J., & McNeil, C. B.
Affiliations: University of California, Riverside (US)
Kennedy Krieger Institute (US)
UNSW Sydney (AU)
West Virginia University (US)
ORCID: Girard, Emma I.
Kohlhoff, Jane R.
Morgan, Susan S. J.
McNeil, Cheryl B.
Venue: Springer eBooks
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published: 2018
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-93251-4
OpenAlex: W4237401076
Cited by: 41
References: 10
Citations by year: 2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 1
FWCI: 4.49
Type: book
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Springer eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Therapy and Development
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
Keywords: Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, toddlers, early intervention, caregiver guidance, child development, child mental health, child physical health, parent-child relationship

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