NCAST PCI Feeding and Teaching Scales and Implementation Day

In this program, participants learn skills in the observation and assessment of caregiver and child during a feeding and teaching situation.

A key element of this program is the opportunity to be assessed for reliability in the use of a validate tool, the PCRP Parent-Child Interaction (PCI) Feeding and Teaching Assessment Scale.

Who is this workshop for?

• Child & Family Health Nurses, Newborn Care Nurses, Paediatric Nurses, Researchers, Social Workers, Psychologists, Occupational and Physical Therapists, Lactation Consultants, Infant Mental Health Specialists

• Prior to doing the PCR Programs PCI course you must have completed the Keys to Caregiving workshop

What are the NCAST Parent-Child Interaction (PCI) Feeding and Teaching Scales?

• Valid and reliable assessments for measuring parent-child interaction with an extensive body of research across disciplines

• A well-developed set of observable behaviours that describe caregiver/parent child interaction in a feeding and teaching situation

• Excellent pre and post measures to document intervention effects for clinicians and researchers

• Scales which have been used in hundreds of studies and published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals

How do the PCI Scales benefit caregiver/parent-child interaction?

• Gives concrete areas to guide intervention

• Transforms the provider's view of the parent-child relationship

• Gives the provider a new lens with which to see the strengths and opportunities for growth in the parent-child relationship

Terms and Conditions for Tresillian Health Professional Continuing Education Courses

Upon enrolment, a confirmation email will be generated by the online booking system.  When paying for courses, a receipt will also be generated.  Please check your spam if you don’t receive a receipt and/or enrolment confirmation.  For any ongoing issues, please email [email protected]

All course fees pertain to both virtual and face to face delivery.

When enrolling, please ensure that a correct mailing address is provided.  If mailed items are returned to Tresillian due to an incorrect mailing address being provided, the applicant will be required to pay postage costs for remailing.

In the event a course is cancelled, enrolled staff will be advised via email [email protected]

Refund policy

Course fees will be refunded (or transferable to a future course) if notification is received no later than two weeks prior to course commencement. 

Course fees will be refunded 50% if notification is received within the two weeks prior to course commencement.  Course fees will not be transferable to future courses.

In unforeseen and exceptional circumstances where an applicant is unable to advise of inability to attend within the desired time frame, please contact the Director, Workforce Learning and Development via [email protected]

Cancellation of courses by Tresillian

In the event of the cancellation of a course, enrolled staff will be notified by email.  Enrolled staff will have the option of a full refund, or transfer of the enrolment to a future course.

Contact details

For further information, please contact (02) 9432 4015 or email [email protected]