Coding in PCIT - Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
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How to Code
with the
Dyadic Parent-Child Interaction
Coding System
DPICS
Abbreviated and comprehensive coding
manuals are available at www.PCIT.org
Purposes of Coding in PCIT
Quantifies the quality of parent-child
interaction
Determines coaching goals for each
treatment session
Enables therapist to give feedback to
parents on weekly progress
Determines when parenting skills are
mastered
Setting Up a DPICS Observation
Playroom set-up
Toys
Appropriate toys
Inappropriate toys
Standard instructions
Bug-in-the-Ear
Three Coding Situations
Child-Led Play
Low demand
Parent-Led Play
Moderate demand
Clean Up
High demand
Category Definitions
You Need to Know to Conduct PCIT
7 Parent Categories
Labeled Praise
Behavioral Description
Reflection
Direct Command
Indirect Command
Question
Negative Talk
3 Child Categories
Compliance
Noncompliance
No Opportunity to Comply
Praise
Praise expresses a positive evaluation of
the child’s behavior, activity, or products
Unlabeled Praise
—tells child the parent likes something, but
not specifically what the parent likes
Labeled Praise
—tells child specifically what the parent likes
Which are Labeled Praises?
1. You are using pretty colors.
2. Good girl!
3. Thank you for sharing!
4. Nice work.
5. Your drawing is nice.
6. My drawing is wonderful!
1, 3, and 5
Reflections
Reflection repeat what the child has just said
using the same or similar words
Have same meaning as what child said
May elaborate on what child said
Reflections do not change the meaning of the
child’s statement or interpret unstated ideas
Which Parent Responses are Reflections?
Child says: “I like these yellow blocks”
Parent says:
1. “You like the yellow blocks”
2. “I like the yellow blocks too”
3. “The yellow blocks are your favorite”
Answer is 1
Child says: “The big car is red”
Parent says:
4. “The big car is blue”
5. “The big automobile is red and fast”
6. “It’s big and red”
Both 5 and 6
Behavioral Description
Describes what the child is doing
The subject of the sentence is the child
“You are drawing a tall tree.”
The verb describes the child’s current or
immediately completed behavior
“You are drawing a tall tree.”
Which are Behavioral Descriptions?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
You are putting the cow in the barn.
Now the cow is in the barn.
It must be the cow’s bedtime.
You are closing the barn door so the cow can sleep.
You are smart to know the cow was sleepy.
You look sleepy too.
You are pretending to be asleep.
1,4, and 7
Question
Questions ask the child something
They have the sentence structure of a
question or a questioning voice inflection
Are you going to use the yellow crayon?
What color do you want?
Yellow?
It’s really yellow, isn’t it?
Do you really want to use yellow?
Why are you drawing it all yellow?
These are all questions
Negative Talk
Statements expressing disapproval of the child or the
child's attributes, activities, products, or choices
Criticism is Negative Talk
Sarcasm is Negative Talk
Examples
That yellow was not a good choice
That’s not the right color for a lake
Stop being silly
Don’t use any more yellow
Your drawing is ugly
I want you to stop that
Can’t you hear?
These are all Negative Talk
Command
A direction to the child
The child (“you”) is the stated or implied subject
A verb tells the child to do something
Direct Commands
Indirect Commands
Direct Command
Declarative statement that contains an order
or direction to the child to perform a behavior
Examples
Give me the round block
Please sit in this chair
Put the block in the box
Sweetie, hold my hand
Tell me what this is, please
Point to the biggest one
Indirect Command
Command implied or stated in question form
Examples
Let’s put away the yellow crayon
We’re going to draw with the red crayons
Here’s the part you need to color
Will you hand me a red one?
Could you put that yellow one away?
Child Responses to Commands
Compliance
The child obeys, starts to obey, or tries to obey a direct or
indirect command within 5 seconds
Noncompliance
The child does not obey or try to obey within 5 seconds
The child stops trying to complete the task before 5 seconds end
No opportunity to comply
Behave!
Be careful
Listen carefully
Remind me tomorrow
Neutral Talk
Statements that do not fit
into other categories
That’s a blue block
I’m building a tower
Your coat is by the door
His name is Barney
This is fun
Okay
Want to Try Coding CLP?
(indirect command)
I will be the mother
Dr. Funderburk will be the child
Take a minute to look at your coding sheets
When we start, make a tally mark in the
correct box for everything I say
I might be a nice mother or a not-nice mother!