School PCIT is currently offered to families with students who have behavioural difficulties who are enrolled at schools within our school PCIT clusters:

Ingleburn Cluster:

• Ingleburn Public School (host site)

• Robert Townson Public School

• Warwick Farm Public School

• St Andrews Public School

• Sackville Street Public School

Condell Park Cluster:

• Condell Park Public School (host site)

• Bankstown South Infants School

• Bankstown Public School

• Panania Public School

• Padstow Park Public School

• Picnic Point Public School

• Revesby Public School

Albury Cluster:

• Albury North Public School (host site)

• Hume Public School

• Glenroy Public School

• Jindera Public School

• Lavington East Public School

✅ If your child attends one of these schools, you may be eligible to receive School PCIT.

Right now, School PCIT is only available through our existing school clusters. If your child’s school is not listed, you can help bring School PCIT to your community by:

• Talking to your child’s principal or wellbeing team about your interest in School PCIT.

• Sharing our contact details with the school so they can connect with us.

  • Contact details: schoolpcit@gmail.com

  • Access our flyer here, and share with others!

• Encouraging your school to invite us to talk to them about becoming a school PCIT cluster.

School PCIT includes up to three integrated treatment phases, which are designed to build stronger relationships, clear routines, and emotional literacy skills:

1️⃣ Child-Directed Interaction (CDI) Parents and educators learn to strengthen their connection with the child through special therapeutic play that encourages positive communication, behaviour and builds trust and connection.

2️⃣ Parent-Directed Interaction (PDI) Parents and educators learn step-by-step strategies for giving children clear instructions that they are most likely to listen to, manage misbehaviour calmly, consistently, and confidently, and help children follow directions and cooperate with others.

3️⃣ Coaching and Rewarding Emotional Skills (CARES) Families build their child’s emotional literacy, empathy skills, emotion regulation, and prosocial behaviour through structured parent–child-therapist activities. Parents and educators learn practical ways to coach and reinforce positive emotional skills in everyday life.

Throughout all phases, a trained therapist coaches caregivers in real time — using an adult-worn wireless earpiece, from behind a one-way mirror. Visit this 🔗to see an informational video about School PCIT.

School PCIT can help families and educators:

✅ Reduce child tantrums, aggression, and defiance.

✅ Improve child listening, cooperation, and emotional regulation.

✅ Build child empathy and prosocial behaviour.

✅ Strengthen the parent–child and educator-child bond.

✅ Support children to settle better in the classroom and with peers.

✅ Reduce family stress, educator stress, and conflict

Sessions run for 1 hour once a week. Families attend approximately 21 weekly therapy sessions.

You and your child will:

• Play together using proven relationship building strategies.

• Receive live feedback from your therapist.

• Celebrate progress and plan how to use new skills at home and in the classroom.

• Practise coaching emotional skills and rewarding positive behaviour.

Where possible, we encourage all primary caregivers of the child to be involved, as this often leads to faster improvement in your child ‘s behaviour. However, we understand this isn’t always possible. If only one parent can attend, your child will still benefit from the program, but we ask the same caregiver to attend every session to receive maximum benefit.

Yes. We know that families come in many forms. If another significant adult, such as a grandparent, aunt, uncle, or carer, plays a central role in your child’s life, we encourage and welcome them to participate with you. 

Your participation will only strengthen your relationship with the school. With your consent, your child’s teachers can learn strategies to support your child’s behaviours and emotions in the classroom. This ensures your child feels safe and supported in both home and school settings. 

To give you and your child the best possible experience, we ask that siblings do not attend sessions. This allows us to focus fully on your child and your relationship with them. 

Yes, we remain open during school holidays. Maintaining momentum is important for your and your child’s progress, so we encourage you to keep attending if you’re available. 

Yes, practice at home is key to success. You’ll be asked to spend short amounts of time (around 5 minutes per day) practising skills during therapeutic home play with your child. This helps you and your child learn faster and ensures the skills “stick.” 

No, sessions are delivered between 9am and 5pm Monday - Friday. This helps integrate the program into your child’s school day and allows us to work directly with your child’s teachers when needed. 

The core therapy is the same. Your child and family still receive the evidence-based PCIT program. The key difference is that School PCIT brings therapy into the school setting, removing barriers such as travel, waitlists, and costs, and involves your child’s teachers in the program.

In the school version: 

• Teachers can observe and receive coaching during therapeutic interactions with your child to better support them in the classroom. 

• Sessions are delivered on school grounds and embedded into the school day, making it easier for families to attend. 

• Educators receive universal training on the School-PCIT skills.

• The program is part of a broader initiative to make early intervention more accessible for all families, not just those who live close to specialist clinics or those who can afford private therapy. 

To make sure all families can access the clinic fairly, session times need to stay the same each week. Unfortunately, we are not able to offer week-to-week flexibility. A consistent schedule is also important for your child’s progress, as they benefit from predictability and routine. 

Yes. At school clinics, the program runs as a complete 21-week course, and families are expected to attend all sessions for their child to receive the full benefit. We understand that unavoidable situations such as illness may arise, and we will work with you to catch up if this happens. 

Yes! This is what makes School-PCIT special.

With your consent, your child’s teacher(s) join some of your weekly-treatment sessions. Teachers also receive universal professional learning on School PCIT skills, as well as in-classroom coaching to help support your child at school, helping your child feel safe and supported in all settings.

School PCIT is free for eligible families. It is funded through schools, philanthropic funding, federal grants, and through a research partnership with the University of New South Wales.

If your child’s school is in one of our existing clusters:

📌 Talk to your child’s teacher, principal, or school counsellor — they can connect you to our School PCIT team. Or email us directly at schoolpcit@gmail.com

If your child’s school is not part of School PCIT yet:

📌 Talk to your principal about School PCIT and encourage them to contact us to learn how to join or set up a cluster.