NCAST PCI Teaching Scales | 31 July and 1, 2 August 2023

About this event

In this program, participants learn skills in the observation and assessment of caregiver and child during a teaching situation.

A key element of this program is the opportunity to be assessed for reliability in the use of a validate tool, the PCRP Parent-Child Interaction (PCI) Teaching Assessment Scale.

Who is this workshop for?

• Child & Family Health Nurses, Newborn Care Nurses, Paediatric Nurses, Researchers, Social Workers, Psychologists, Occupational and Physical Therapists, Lactation Consultants, Infant Mental Health Specialists

• Prior to doing the PCR Programs PCI course you must have completed the Keys to Caregiving workshop

• Prior to doing the PCR Programs PCI course you must have completed the NCAST PCI Feeding Scales

What are the NCAST Parent-Child Interaction (PCI) Teaching Scales?

• Valid and reliable assessments for measuring parent-child interaction with an extensive body of research across disciplines
• A well-developed set of observable behaviours that describe caregiver/parent child interaction in a feeding 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

How do the PCI Scales benefit caregiver/parent-child interaction?

• Gives concrete areas to guide intervention
• Transforms the provider's view of the parent-child relationship
• Gives the provider a new lens with which to see the strengths and opportunities for growth in the parent-child relationship

Date and location

• 31^st July 2023
  1^st and 2^nd August 2023
  8:30am - 4:00pm
• Online

Cost

• TFCC & SNF Staff ONLY : No Charge

Cancellation Policy

All cancellations must be made in writing to TFCC-Education@health.nsw.gov.au