Program Description

"TCIT-U is a professional development, tain-the-trainer model, designed to strengthen teacher-child realtionship skills and increase teachers' confidence in their ability to manage challenging behavior in their classrooms."

Cost

Unspecified; training offered as professional development seminars.

Intended Population

• Core
• Intervention
• Intensified intervention

Grade

• Pre-K
• Elementary School

Intended Group Size

• Classroom

ELL/DLL

• Unspecified

Multisensory Applications

• Unspecified

Computer-Based Delivery

• None

Scripted

• Instructor Scripted

Comprehensive or Skill Specific

• Skill Specific

Placement Tests

• No

Accelerated Learning

• No

Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery

• Unspecified

Error Correction Built In

• Yes

Fidelity Measures Provided by Publisher

• Yes

Research Summary

Literature review revealed a generally positive effect on both teachers’ skills and behavioral concerns of the students. Specifically, the studies reviewed reported improvements in disruptive classroom behavior and quality of teacher-child relationships. One study found that teachers participating in TCIT showed most increase in reflections and unlabeled praise of students.

Study Citations

Budd, K. S., Garbacz, L. L., & Carter, J. S. (2016). Collaborating with public school partners to implement Teacher–Child Interaction Training (TCIT) as universal prevention. School Mental Health, 8(2), 207-221.

Fawley, K. D., Stokes, T. F., Rainear, C. A., Rossi, J. L., & Budd, K. S. (2019). Universal TCIT Improves Teacher–Child Interactions and Management of Child Behavior. Journal of Behavioral Education, 1-22.

Fernandez, M. A., Adelstein, J. S., Miller, S. P., Areizaga, M. J., Gold, D. C., Sanchez, A. L., ... & Gudiño, O. G. (2015). Teacher-Child Interaction Training: A pilot study with random assignment. Behavior therapy, 46(4), 463-477.

Garbacz, L. L., Zychinski, K. E., Feuer, R. M., Carter, J. S., & Budd, K. S. (2014). Effects of teacher–child interaction training (tcit) on teacher ratings of behavior change. Psychology in the Schools, 51(8), 850-865.

Davis, E. M., Schmidt, E., Rothenberg, W. A., Davidson, B., Garcia, D., Barnett, M. L., ... & Jent, J. F. (2023). Universal Teacher-Child Interaction Training in early childhood special education: A cluster randomized control trial. Journal of school psychology, 97, 171-191.

Lyon, A. R., Gershenson, R. A., Farahmand, F. K., Thaxter, P. J., Behling, S., & Budd, K. S. (2009). Effectiveness of Teacher-Child Interaction Training (TCIT) in a preschool setting. Behavior Modification, 33(6), 855-884.

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

• Evidence-based practice

Additional Reviews

• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1077722914000066