Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) for Children With Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): A Stepped-Care Model
University of Miami
Summary
The purpose of this study is to understand how a stepped-care model of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (Step-Up PCIT) addresses child behavioral problems among children between the ages of 2 and 7 with a traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Eligibility
- Age range
- 2+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Child Inclusion Criteria: * Child is between the ages of 2 and 7 * Child has a mild to moderate TBI Primary Caregiver Inclusion Criteria: * Primary caregiver is 18 years or older * Primary caregiver speaks and reads in either English or Spanish Child Exclusion Criteria: \- Children with major sensory impairments (e.g., deafness, blindness) Primary Caregiver Exclusion Criteria: \- Primary caregiver with major sensory impairments (e.g., deafness, blindness)
Interventions
- BehavioralPCIT
Participants will receive the adapted Pocket PCIT Online via a web-based learning platform for up to 5 weeks. Participants will engage in this intervention weekly for about 1 hour per week. During engaging with the adapted Pocket PCIT Online version of PCIT, caregivers will learn positive parenting skills to increase the warmth of the parent-child relationship as well as strategies to effectively set limits. Participants will also participate in 15-minute check-in phone calls with a therapist each week throughout the course of treatment.
Location
- University of MiamiMiami, Florida