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Become reliable in the Parent-Child Interaction Feeding Scale!

Parent-Child Interaction (PCI) is about careful observation. More than anything else, it’s about watching the nonverbal communication of the child and parent and understanding how they interact together. Becoming a careful observer is a critical skill for assessment.

This self-study course includes:

- Feeding manual and scale pad
- A welcome packet with how to get started instructions and self-study training checklist
- Access to instructional videos
- A 30 minute consultation with a PCI instructor
- In this course you will receive the following:

Access to over 4.5 hours of instructional videos to help you achieve reliability in the scales. There are 5 videos total. Once you purchase the course you will have access to the videos for 3 months, so that you can watch and practice at your own pace. You will be guided on how to understand infant and child behavior, and dyadic interaction by closely observing caregiver and infant use of emotion, eye contact, and non-verbal body language in teaching situations. The Feeding Scale is used with a caregiver and child up to one year of age. You will have plenty of time to view dyadic interactions reflecting each coding element on the scale as well as practice scoring feeding parent-child interactions. After you have learned the Feeding Scale, you will observe and score five teaching dyads to become certified in the use of the Feeding Scale.

• Video One—Introduces how the scales were developed and provides an overview of what each scale measures. You will learn about all six subscales—four caregiver subscales and two infant/toddler subscales—and understand key concepts such as contingency.

• Video Two—Explains how infants communicate nonverbally through behaviors called cues. You will see examples of all the cues included in the scales.

• Video Three—Covers all six subscales of the Feeding Scale. You will see multiple examples of each item and have opportunities to practice observing them.

• Video Four—Provides four Feeding Scale practice videos that allow you to continue building your skills in preparation for achieving feeding reliability.

• Video Five—Includes five dyads you will observe and score for your Feeding Scale reliability assessment.

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Become reliable in the Parent-Child Interaction Teaching Scale!

The Parent-Child Interaction (PCI) Teaching Scale is a valid and reliable assessment for measuring parent-child interaction with an extensive body of research across disciplines. This scale has been used in hundreds of research studies and published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals.

This self-study course includes:

-Teaching manual and scale pad
-Teaching kit with canvas bag
-A welcome packet with how to get started instructions and self-study training checklist
-Access to instructional videos
-A 30 minute consultation with a PCI Instructor

In this course you will receive the following:

Access to over 4 hours of instructional videos to help you achieve reliability in the Teaching Scale. There are 5 videos total. Once you purchase the course you will have access to the videos for 3 months so that you can watch and practice at your own pace. You will be guided on how to understand infant and child behavior, and dyadic interaction by closely observing caregiver and infant use of emotion, eye contact, and non-verbal body language in teaching situations. The Teaching Scale is used with a caregiver and child up to three years of age. You will have plenty of time to view dyadic interactions reflecting each coding element on the scale as well as practice scoring teaching parent-child interactions. After you have learned the Teaching Scale, you will observe and score five teaching dyads to become certified in the use of the Teaching Scale.

• Video One—Introduces how the scales were developed and provides an overview of what each scale measures. You will learn about all six subscales—four caregiver subscales and two infant/toddler subscales—and understand key concepts such as contingency.

• Video Two—Explains how infants communicate nonverbally through behaviors called cues. You will see examples of all the cues included in the scales.

• Video Three—Covers all six subscales of the Teaching Scale. You will see multiple examples of each item and have opportunities to practice observing them.

• Video Four—Provides four Teaching Scale practice videos that allow you to continue building your skills in preparation for achieving feeding reliability.

• Video Five—Includes five dyads you will observe and score for your Teaching Scale reliability assessment.

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This course is typically offered once per year. Please email pcrp@uw.edu for information on when the next PCI Instructor course will be offered.

Want to join our exclusive team of PCI Instructors from around the world?

The PCI Instructor Workshop is a 10 partial days intensive workshop to prepare professionals for the role of training others in the Parent-Child Interaction (PCI) Feeding & Teaching Scales. All participants must complete the prerequisites before they attend. This workshop is designed for professionals working with families with infants and young children who have a role in the ongoing training of community health care service providers. Those planning to use the PCI Feeding and Teaching Scales in research are encouraged to attend.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Being reliable in both the Feeding and Teaching Scales prior to taking the PCI Instructor course is required.

Attendance at all sessions is required.

There are required reading assignments.

One case study is required after completion of all class time.

Tuition includes: All virtual instruction time, Feeding manual and scale pads, Teaching manual and scale pads, the Beginning Rhythms manual, Keys to Infant Caregiving Study Guide, and each Personal Environment Assessment scales manual.

The Instructional videos used to teach PCI are a separate cost of $2,500

FAQs:

Q: Do I need to attend the full workshop?

A: Yes, in order to receive your certificate of completion and be eligible to be a certified PCI Instructor, you must be present for all 10 partial-training days and appropriate hours and complete the full agenda.

Q: I only want to teach the Feeding scale (or Teaching). Can I just attend for that?

A: All of our instructors must learn both scales. All PCI instructors are certified to teach both Feeding and Teaching scales. No exceptions are made. You may choose to teach only one, but will meet all the same qualifications as all PCI Instructors.