This handbook examines advances in the evidence-based behavioral family
intervention, parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT). It surveys
innovative adaptations tailored to specific diagnostic concerns, client
populations, treatment settings, and delivery formats. Chapters provide
rationales for adaptation, reviews of relevant research, and discussions
of advantages and challenges. Case studies illustrate the implementation
of the adaptations and help to make new techniques concrete. The
handbook offers practical descriptions of the adaptations to PCIT,
comprehensively reviews treatment outcome literature, and integrates
cutting-edge implementation science into an exploration of the current
dissemination strategies in PCIT. The handbook concludes with a
consideration of the questions that remain to be addressed to extend the
reach of PCIT among traditionally underserved families and to continue
to advance the science and practice of children's mental health
interventions.
Featured topics include:
- PCIT for children with callous-unemotional traits.
- PCIT for families with a history of child maltreatment.
- Group PCIT.
- PCIT for military families.
- The PCIT CALM program for treating anxiety in young children.
- PCIT for American Indian families.
- Transporting and disseminating PCIT internationally.
- Using technology to expand the reach of PCIT.
The Handbook of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy is a must-have
resource for researchers, professors, instructors, clinicians, and
graduate students in child and school psychology, child psychiatry, and
social work as well as such related disciplines as developmental,
clinical, counseling, and community psychology, family studies, and
mental health services and agencies.
