Student Training Opportunities

Student Training

Contact Odyssey Bagby if interested in PCIT Seminar or in becoming a Research Assistant.

405-271-5700 X 45173

Open to psychology interns, post-doctoral residents, and graduate practicum students rotating at Child Study Center or Center on Child Abuse and Neglect.
Two hours weekly beginning in August and will run until completion of the PCIT demonstration cases.
Begins with several weeks of didactic instruction, in which the theoretical and empirical foundations of PCIT and basic PCIT skills are introduced.
Seminar then moves into a teaching clinic where faculty members lead PCIT cases while small groups of trainees shadow.
PCIT Seminar will also address therapy process skills required to conduct this manualized treatment effectively.
In order to meet PCIT International certification guidelines (including consultation with a trainer through successful completion of 2 cases), interested participants will need to see 2-3 additional complete cases under supervision. Opportunities for co-therapy with supervisors and/or in-house PCIT clinicians are available
Practicum students must pre-arrange PCIT seminar attendance with supervisor.
For interns and post-doctoral residents, PCIT training can be part of a major or minor child rotation, if approved by their supervisor.

The research opportunities available in our lab are most appropriate for students interested in child, developmental, clinical child, or educational (school) psychology.
Research assistant positions are on a volunteer basis; however, course credit can be arranged.
Research interests include: assessing the impact of PCIT on different aspects of children’s development and adapting the training mechanism of PCIT (direct observation, coding, and coaching) to other parent training approaches.
Opportunities to design and conduct an independent research project (such as a poster presentation for a conference or a senior thesis) are available and encouraged.
Research assistants will be expected to:
- Attend scheduled research meetings.
- Enter collected data into computer databases.
- Collect and enter data regarding training efficiency.
- Organize and maintain data files.
- Assist with supervision of siblings that accompany child research participants.
- Commit to a 6-hour weekly time commitment for at least one year.