NCT06193382

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) for Children With Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): A Stepped-Care Model

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Miami · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 2 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to understand how a stepped-care model of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (Step-Up PCIT) addresses child behavioral problems among children between the ages of 2 and 7 with a traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Conditions

• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Disruptive Behavior

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	PCIT	Participants will receive the adapted Pocket PCIT Online via a web-based learning platform for up to 5 weeks. Participants will engage in this intervention weekly for about 1 hour per week. During engaging with the adapted Pocket PCIT Online version of PCIT, caregivers will learn positive parenting skills to increase the warmth of the parent-child relationship as well as strategies to effectively set limits. Participants will also participate in 15-minute check-in phone calls with a therapist each week throughout the course of treatment.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-11-01
• Primary completion: 2026-11-01
• Completion: 2026-12-30
• First posted: 2024-01-05
• Last updated: 2025-08-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States