1. Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
Parent and child together
Theoretically grounded
Emphasis on restructuring interaction patterns
Not time-limited
Assessment-driven
Scientifically based
Clinically validated
Empirically supported

2. Assessment Driven Assessment integral to treatment
Tells us where to start
Guides course of each session
Guides progress through phases
Tells us when to end
Shows overall outcome
Shows where change needed

3. Behavior Rating Scales
ECBI
36 items
Intensity scale
Clinical cutoff 132
Problem scale
Clinical cutoff 15
What's new??
* These measures are published
*The new manual!
*now give ECBI before every session
-- so we know exactly how they were doing before they dropped out, if they do
-- keeps focus on the problems that brought them in
*New norms -- analyses show the new ECBI norms correctly classify 91% of children as having or not having a disruptive behavior disorder diagnosis.
New data on the SESBI show that scores at kindergarten entry
strongly predict conduct referrals to the principal and school suspensions 2 years later.

4. Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory Intensity Score
Clinical
cutoff
Normative mean
Aver
Weeks
40 Families
Maintenance Study

5. Behavior Rating Scales
SESBI-R
38 items
Intensity scale
Range: 38 to 266
Problem scale
Range: 0 to 38
What's new??
* These measures are published
*The new manual!
*now give ECBI before every session
-- so we know exactly how they were doing before they dropped out, if they do
-- keeps focus on the problems that brought them in
*New norms -- analyses show the new ECBI norms correctly classify 91% of children as having or not having a disruptive behavior disorder diagnosis.
New data on the SESBI show that scores at kindergarten entry
strongly predict conduct referrals to the principal and school suspensions 2 years later.

6. SESBI Intensity Scale
Funderburk et al.

7. SESBI Problem Scale
Funderburk et al.

8. Observational Measure of Parent-Child Interactions
DPICS
Dyadic Parent-Child Interaction Coding System
Situations
Child-Directed Play
Parent-Directed Play
Clean-Up
Sample code categories
Parent Praise
Parent Criticism
Child Comply
Child Smart Talk

9. Mothers’ Praise (Percent of Total Talk in All Situations)
Maintenance Study
n = 22
p = .0001

10. Mothers’ Criticism (Percent of Total Talk in All Situations)
Maintenance Study
n = 22
p = .0003

11. Consumer Satisfaction
TAI
The Therapy Attitude Inventory
process
outcome
Brestan et al., 1999