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Presents the variety of adaptations made to standard PCIT as well as discussing other models for early childhood intervention that target treatment to the toddler age range over the past 15 years. Research data from the preliminary version of PCIT-T implemented in Sydney, Australia, are discussed pertaining to outcomes of externalizing and internalizing behavior, emotional availability, use of positive parenting verbalizations, caregiver emotion availability, and the impact on infant attachment patterns using the strange-situation procedure.
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Girard, E.I., Wallace, N.M., Kohlhoff, J.R., Morgan, S.S.J., McNeil, C.B. (2018). The Application of PCIT to the Toddler Age Group. In: Parent-Child Interaction Therapy with Toddlers. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93251-4_4
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