Dr. Girard is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in private practice, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry with University of California Riverside, School of Medicine and Sr. Clinical Psychologist with Riverside University Health System-Behavioral Health. Her passion for early intervention and prevention is noted by her work in the field of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy as both a Master Trainer with PCIT-I and a training partner with the UC Davis PCIT Training Center. She and her team in Riverside received the Bright Idea Award from the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy in 2015 for their Mobile Prevention and Early Intervention Program. Her passion to bring clinical experience from community-based organizations to inform research has produced significant collaborations with West Virginia University and UC Davis. She has co-authored PCIT-Toddlers: Improving Attachment and Emotion Regulation.
PCIT for Toddlers
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy with Toddlers is an early intervention program that involves coaching parents while they interact with their 12 to 24 month old children. Adapting the play therapy and compliance training procedures of standard PCIT, parents are coded and coached in the use of therapeutic parenting practices proven to decrease problematic behaviors, improve children's language, and encourage young children to begin building listening skills to start following directions with sensitive and nurturing support.
This webinar will describe novel components for the special needs...Read more of toddlers, including specific procedures for promoting the attachment relationship and emotion regulation in both the caregivers and children. Central to the model is the understanding that difficult behaviors in toddlers are a sign of emotion dysregulation rather than deliberate defiance. It is with the assistance of a nurturing and sensitive caregiver that the child's capacity to manage emotion develops. Skills to teach emotion regulation are labeled CARES. Less...
Learning Objectives
- Summarize the difference between classic PCIT and PCIT adapted for Toddlers.
- Name the specific CARES skills to assist with emotion regulation for both the child and caregiver.
- Label the PDI-Toddlers sequence of steps to help teach listening skills.
Friday, January 31, 2020
Live Interactive Webinar
12:00 PM EST - 01:00 PM EST
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EARN 1 CE Credit Hours
About the speaker
Emma Girard, Psy.D.
Psychologist, UC Riverside
CE Information - Earn 1 CE Credit Hour
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American Psychological Association
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