Are you saying No, Don’t’ Stop and Quit all day long without results?  We want to help you work less hard and have better behaved kids!

Take P.R.I.D.E. in your parenting skills and feel good about your hard work.  Many great parents find themselves in a cycle of trying to coerce their child to listen with only increased disruptive behaviors. Many of these parents often find it hard to enjoy the time they spend with their child because they spend so much time redirecting.  It is not easy to break out of this cycle without outside intervention.  Our therapists act as members of your team to support you as you make small changes to increase all those great behaviors you want to see more of in your child!!  We coach you ‘live-in the moment’ as behaviors occur to provide you with evidenced based skills that will shape your relationship with your child into a positive one!

The relationship phase of PCIT is based on learning P.R.I.D.E. skills:

• PRAISE your child often and be specific!!!
• REFLECT what your child says so they know you are listening!!!
• IMITATE your child’s positive social skills so they feel important and know they are special!!
• DESCRIBE what your child is doing to keep them focused on tasks longer and boost their self-confidence in their accomplishments!
• ENJOY the time you are playing with your child!

Tell them what you want them to do-NOT what you don’t want them to do!

The discipline phase of PCIT is based on consistency, predictability and follow through!  This is easy to say and very hard to do in the heat of the moment when we are the most stressed!

This discipline phase, called Parent Directed Interaction, is a set of steps that allows you to direct your child’s behavior when you need to be in charge.  The steps allow you to be consistent and predictable in managing your child’s behavior.  The rules will be so clear that your child will quickly learn not to test you to see if you mean it!