On Finding Felicity Through Fidelity: It's the "commitment" to effective therapy

Supporting treatment fidelity in the use of Parent Child Interaction Therapy within Child Welfare was the subject of a presentation by Georganna Sedlar, Ph.D., and Andrea Negrete, M.Ed. at the recent 3rd Regional Washington State Parent-Child Interaction Conference. What is fidelity anyway?

Fidelity is the "commitment" in relationship. It is also what makes evidence-based therapies work. If you, the therapist, follow what on-going research says should work, you'll get good results. If you deviate, you won't. Striving for fidelity in day-to-day practice is not always easy.

Therapies to improve outcomes in child welfare should veritably work. Evidence-based practices have come to Washington State "big time." The use of these practices for publicly funded services is now actually called for by law, as conference keynoter Lucy Berliner explains.. -gw