Project Description:
MTSS for Families & Educators to Support Child Social-Emotional Functioning & School Readiness
GR021180 DAVIS TCT 22-23 RENEWAL 2336-7571
Teacher Child Interaction Training (TCIT) is a coaching intervention that specifically targets teacher communication and interaction skills as the mechanisms for supporting positive teacher-child relationships and positive behavior in children with diverse developmental and behavioral needs (Budd et al., 2016; Budd & Stern, 2017). TCIT was developed as a school-based adaptation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), a parent-mediated intervention with a large body of research supporting its effectiveness in reducing disruptive behavior (e.g., Thomas et al., 2017), enhancing the caregiver-child relationship (Bagner et al., 2016), and improving child communication skills (Garcia et al., 2015) in children with disruptive behaviors, including those with developmental disabilities (Bagner & Eyberg, 2007; Parladé et al., 2020). Like PCIT, TCIT is rooted in attachment, social learning, and behavioral theories, play therapy principles, and research on effective parenting styles (Budd & Stern, 2017), and it emphasizes the use of proactive strategies and consistency in responding to children's behaviors. Most variations of TCIT (for a review, see Fernandez, Gold, et al., 2015) follow a two-phase structure and include workshops, guided practice, and in-vivo coaching in the naturalistic setting as the primary training modalities. Child-Directed Interaction (CDI) skills are taught first to increase positive teacher-child interactions and teacher attention to positive behavior. Teacher-Directed Interaction (TDI) skills are taught in a second phase to increase compliance and on-task behavior and reduce disruptive behaviors through consistent teacher responding and differential social attention.
Core Function(s):
Training Trainees, Performing Direct and/or Demonstration Services, Performing Research or Evaluation, Developing & Disseminating Information, Continuing Education/Community Training, Demonstration Services
