PALIN PARENT-CHILD INTERACTION THERAPY FOR CHILDREN UNDER 7

At the end of this course participants will:
• be familiar with a screening process to decide on care pathways for children who stammer
• be familiar with an assessment protocol for children under seven who stammer
• be familiar with the structure and content of Palin Parent Child Interaction (Palin PCI) therapy
• be more knowledgeable about assessing and treating children under seven who stammer

Course Content
Sessions 1 + 2:

• A Multifactorial Model of Stammering
• A brief research update – current research into the factors contributing to stammering for young children; interaction styles & stammering
• A screening form to support clinical decision making and appropriate care pathways
• Child Assessment
• Case history taking and formulation about what contributes to the child’s stammering and what the individual child needs
• Principles of Palin PCI

Sessions 3 + 4:

• Palin PCI: Interaction Strategies; using the video in parent-child interaction therapy
• Palin PCI: Family Strategies: building confidence, turn taking, dealing with feelings.
• Skills in working collaboratively with parents including using parent handouts
• Brief summary of efficacy of Palin PCI studies
• Palin PCI: Child Strategies including openness, confidence building, desensitisation, managing thoughts and emotions and stammering management strategies and managing co-existing speech and language difficulties
• Care Pathways – service delivery for children under seven who stammer in participants’ clinical settings.

The Mickeal Palin center in London