Parent-Child Interaction (PCI) Feeding and Teaching Scales

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Valid and reliable assessments for measuring parent-child interaction with an extensive body of research across disciplines

A well-developed set of observable behaviors that describe caregiver/parent child interaction in either a feeding or teaching situation

Excellent pre and post measures to document intervention effects for clinicians and researchers

Scales which have been used in hundreds of studies and published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals

Gives the provider a new lens with which to see the strengths and opportunities for growth in the parent-child relationship

Gives concrete areas to guide intervention

Measures change in the parent-child relationship

Public Health Nurses, Researchers, Social Workers, Psychologists, Early Intervention Workers, Speech Therapists, Occupational and Physical Therapists, Infant Mental Health Specialists

Training is required and available from Parent-Child Relationship Programs (PCRP), local instructors around the country, and in several locations around the world. Contact the Parent-Child Relationship Programs office (pcrp@uw.edu) for instructors near you OR view a list of PCI Instructors who are willing to travel.

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Take a look at our PCI Instructors around the world
to find a training near you OR join us virtually at PCRP!

This training can be taken as an entire series or you can select just the PCI feeding or teaching scale training. Note: you must take and become reliable in both the feeding and teaching scale training to be eligible for the instructor training.

PCI Feeding Scale Training

Virtual

February 25, 26, 27 and March 3, 4, and 5, 2025.

All Training days will be from 8:30am – 1:00pm PST (Seattle).

This training will focus on teaching you the Feeding Scale and helping you become reliable using it with families.

(OPTIONAL) Consultation, virtual, 2 one-hour sessions focusing on the use of the PCI feeding scale in your work. Note: this consultation will be required for those moving onto instructor training that do not have experience using the scales.

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PCI Teaching Scale Training

Virtual

June 9, 10, 13, 16, 17, and 18, 2025.

All Training days will be from 8:30am – 1:00pm PST (Seattle).

This training will focus on teaching you the Teaching Scale and helping you become reliable using it with families.

(OPTIONAL) Consultation, virtual, 2 one-hour sessions focusing on the use of the PCI Teaching Scale in your work. Note: this consultation will be required for those moving onto instructor training that do not have experience using the scales.

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PCI Instructor Training

October 30, 31, November 3, 5, 10, 14, 17, and 19, 2025.

All training days will be from 8:30am – 1:00pm PST (Seattle).

This training will take place two days a week for 4 weeks. You will become reliable in the PCI scales at the instructor level and will learn how to train others in the scales.

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How the PCI Scales are used

After completing training in the Feeding and Teaching scales and achieving reliability, there are several ways the PCI scales can be used to support your work with families.

These scales can be used to give feedback on a caregiver’s strengths in interacting with their young child. For example, a caregiver who responds to their child in contingent ways is contributing to their child’s safety and security in the world and helping to grow their social, emotional, and cognitive skills.

These scales can also be used to support caregiver’s experiencing challenges. For example, a feeding scale done in the first weeks can give you and the caregiver an important window into the caregiver-child relationship to support positive feeding experiences.

The PCI scales are also used widely in research with children birth to three and their families.

These scales are used worldwide (Canada, United States, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand) to support the work that nurses, social workers, psychologists, and many other professionals are doing with children birth to three and their caregivers.

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    Parent-Child Relationship Programs

    University of Washington - Box 357231

    Seattle, WA 98195-7231

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    Parent-Child Relationship Programs

    University of Washington

    Health Sciences Building F-346

    Seattle, WA 98195-7231

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