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Efficacy of Adjunct In-Home Coaching to Improve Outcomes in Parent-Child Interactions Therapy

University of California at Davis

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: susan-timmer{at}ucdmc.ucdavis.edu.

	Abstract

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to test whether increasing the exposure to coaching by adding an in-home component to clinic-delivered Parent–Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) will increase the speed of parenting skill acquisition and show greater improvements in children’s behaviors and parental stress. Methods: Seventy-three parent–child dyads participating in clinic-based PCIT are randomly assigned to an adjunct PCIT or Social Support treatment group. The sample of children is 58% male and ranges in age from 1.7 to 8.2 years. Results: Analyses show that participation in adjunct PCIT services is associated with greater use of positive verbalizations and leads to improvement on measures of parent functioning. Conclusions: The meaning of these findings with respect to change and the process of treatment is discussed.

First published on April 13, 2009
Research on Social Work Practice 2009, doi:10.1177/1049731509332842


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