This practical guide offers mental health professionals a detailed stepbystep description on how to conduct ParentChild Interaction Therapy PCIT the empirically... » 

This practical guide offers mental health professionals a detailed stepbystep description on how to conduct ParentChild Interaction Therapy PCIT the empirically validated training program for parents with children who havedisruptive behavior problems. Drawn from their own experience in treatinghundreds of families the authors include several illustrative examples andvignettes as well as an appendix with several assessment instruments to helpparents to conduct PCIT. An exclusive feature of this volume is a thoroughdiscussion on how to teach parents to do behavioral play therapy and toeffectively implement timeout procedures with highly aggressive preschoolers. «