Not exact matches
During your first
practice session, remember that you're taking up more space with a
child on your back.
Open Communication If you notice that your
child is suddenly showing signs of bruising or acting oddly, speck to your teen and find out what is going on
during practice sessions or games.
These
practice sessions might help
children decrease or avoid sedation
during radiation treatments.
They'll help reinforce the defensive driving techniques you're working on with your
child during your behind - the - wheel
practice sessions.
Fortunately, for example, you're unlikely to encounter a blowout on the highway or a flash flood
during your
practice sessions, but it's important your
child knows how to prepare for whatever may happen to them on the road.
Children are taught private part rules and abuse prevention skills in the context of safety rules, boundaries, emotional regulation, coping skills, and basic impulse — control strategies, all of which are taught and
practiced during and between
sessions.
During sessions, you and your co-parent can learn to communicate in healthyways your concerns about your
children.More importantly, you'll be able to develop a concrete parenting plan that honors both of your goals and values as parents and be able to
practice implementing a family plan with your
children in order to get everyone on the same page and find collaborative solutions.
For instance, mindfulness skills need to be
practiced regularly
during sessions until
children can do them on their own.
Family
sessions and home visits
during the
child's placement in MTFC provide opportunities for the parents to
practice skills and receive feedback.
Each week,
children participate in activities that promote strong social - emotional skills and have the opportunity to
practice these skills
during the group
session each week.
Biological (or other long - term placement resource) parents are guided in
practicing parenting skills outside of the
sessions during visits with the
child in foster care as well as with other
children living in the home.
After each
session, parents receive a «
practice assignment» designed to help the parent
practice the new skill with their
child (ren)
during the week.
Children are also given homework
during certain
sessions to reinforce and
practice skills learned in therapy
sessions.
PCIT was chosen as the PT program because PCIT: a) has well established efficacy in reducing young
children's EBP (Eisenstadt et al. 1993; Eyberg et al. 2001; Hood and Eyberg 2003; Schuhmann et al. 1998); b) contains all of the treatment components recognized by Kaminski and colleagues» meta - analysis (Kaminski et al. 2008) as yielding the largest effect sizes (i.e., increasing positive parent —
child interactions, promoting consistency and use of time out, and requiring parents to
practice new skills with their
child during PT
sessions); c) aims to strengthen the parent —
child relationship, which can be accomplished in a brief intervention (Bakermans - Kranenburg et al. 2003); d) is a competency - based model that emphasizes skill acquisition rather than a fixed set of
sessions; and e) includes a unique delivery technique (i.e., wireless headset for the therapist to coach the parent in vivo
during interactions with the
child) similar to an exposure - based approach in which parents observe «in vivo» changes in their
child behavior
during sessions.