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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Youth Serv Rev. 2015 Aug 1;55:84–92. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.05.003

Table 1.

PCIT Trainer Interview

Pretraining Preparation/ Support & Startup
  1. What recommendations and/ or requirements do you provide ahead of time for participants in training?

Training
  1. What materials are provided to trainees (e.g., treatment manual, DPICS coding manual)?

  2. What type of training materials or supports have you developed?

  3. How do you structure the workshop time – what exercises or role plays do you do?
    1. Do you have any sample training agendas that you would be willing to share?
  4. How do you introduce/incorporate coding?

  5. What clinical self-report outcome measures do you review/use during training?

  6. How do you introduce/incorporate coaching?

  7. What backup to the timeout chair do you train?

  8. How much do you provide to therapists/advise on timeout space logistics?

  9. How do you check specific trainee competencies during workshops?

  10. Do you have clients come into training for live demonstrations? If so, how are families involved in training/training schedule?

Organization of Training Records
  1. How do you document training progress?

Consultation
  1. How would you describe the structure and process of your consultation?

  2. How many consultations over time?

  3. How do you structure the consultation calls?

  4. Do you have forms that you use for consultation?

  5. Do you have any handouts/samples that you would be willing to share?

Case Review
  1. How do you complete skill review?

  2. What sessions do you review?

  3. Do you code the session during the case review session coding period?

  4. How do you provide case review feedback?

  5. What are the criteria for passing video review?

  6. How do you determine when someone should remediate?

  7. Do you have forms that you use for case review?
    1. Would you be willing to share these materials?
Follow up Support (after consultation period)
  1. What does follow-up generally look like?
    1. How long (on average) does it take trainees to get through their training requirements?
  2. How often do you keep in contact with trainees after the training year?

Use of training supports
  1. Are there other types of training-related support that you provide to therapists?

  2. What other individuals do you involve in your trainings? (e.g., co-trainers, assistants)

Trainer Reflections on Training
  1. In your opinion, what are the strengths of your trainings? What are areas of improvement?

  2. As a result of your training feedback/evaluations, what are the strengths of your trainings? What are the areas for improvement?

  3. What term would you use to describe your training approach (e.g., TTT, Learning Collaborative)?

  4. What other trainers have you observed? How has that impacted your training approach?

  5. Who else do you know doing PCIT Training that you think we should include in this project?