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The Incredible Years are
research-based, proven effective programs for reducing children's
aggression and behavior problems and increasing social competence at
home and at school. Group Leader Training Opportunity!Advance Parent Program Group Leader training has been rescheduled: April 11-12, 2012 in Seattle. See the schedule New Sample DVDs Released!New set of sample Incredible Years workshop DVDs. More info The Incredible Years Programs
The program was selected as a "Model" program by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP). As such, the series has been subject to numerous randomized control evaluations, evidenced excellent effectiveness, and attained high overall ratings. The program has been recommended by the American Psychological Division 12 Task force as a well-established treatment for children with conduct problems. Carolyn Webster-Stratton and the Incredible Years Series Carolyn Webster-Stratton's biographical profile (PDF) Mission & Organizational StatementWe act on the belief – that a child is the most precious of all human beings, and the ability to withstand the emotional and social challenges as a teenager, clearly rests upon a caring relationship between parent, teacher and child. Read the full organizational and mission statement Question & Answer Video Clips Casey Family Programs Evaluation of the Incredible Years Parent Training Program
Read the Summary (PDF) New Reports: Incredible Years in Ireland
Positive Classrooms, Positive Children (PDF)
Parent
Training Changing Lives (PDF) Previews: Dinosaur Social and Emotional Skills Curriculum for Children and Teacher Classroom Management ProgramThese two evidence-based programs for preschool and early primary grade teachers and students are designed to strengthen proactive teacher classroom management strategies and positive teacher-parent partnerships in order to promote children's social and emotional skills, academic readiness, and to reduce behavior problems. Watch these two preview videos for a description of the child dinosaur social and emotional curriculum and the teacher classroom management program.
this will be replaced by the SWF.
this will be replaced by the SWF.
A paper published in 2008 in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (article) details evidence that teachers of preschool and kindergarten children who were trained in both the Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management program and the Incredible Years Social and Emotional Curriculum (Dinosaur School) were observed in their classrooms to have students who had more social competence and emotional regulation skills and fewer conduct problems than students in the control conditions. Intervention teachers also reported more parent involvement than teachers in control conditions. This universal prevention study consisting of 42 Head Start classrooms and 59 kindergarten and 44 1st grade elementary classrooms, selected based on having higher levels of free and reduced lunch (59%), were randomly assigned to the intervention or control conditions. There were 153 teachers and 1,768 students in the study representing low-income and multi-ethnic populations (18% Latino, 18% African American, 20% Asian, 8% African, 27% Caucasian and 9% other minority). Preview: Incredible Years BASIC Preschool Parent ProgramWhile all children in the above study received the universal classroom teacher and child intervention programs, some higher risk students were randomly assigned to receive the Parent Program or Classroom-only intervention. Mothers of those who received the combined Parent and Classroom interventions reported their children to have fewer externalizing problems and more emotional regulation than classroom-only or control mothers. Independent observations showed more mother-child bonding, support and less criticism than the classroom only and control mothers. Teachers reported that mothers in the combined condition were more involved in school and that children in both the combined condition and classroom condition had significantly fewer behavior problems. This study was published in 2007 Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (read this article). Learn more about the Parent Program.
this will be replaced by the SWF.
The Incredible Years Series GoalsThe Incredible Years Parents, Teachers, and Children Training Series has two long-range goals. The first goal is to develop comprehensive treatment programs for young children with early onset conduct problems. The second goal is the development of cost-effective, community-based, universal prevention programs that all families and teachers of young children can use to promote social competence and to prevent children from developing conduct problems in the first place. The purpose of the series is to prevent delinquency, drug abuse, and violence. The short-term goals of the series are to: Reduce conduct problems in children:
Promote social, emotional, and academic competence in children:
Incredible Years Series - goals, objectives and logic models Incredible Years - Overview of the Programs
Incredible Years Series Overview (PDF) Incredible Years Series Fact Sheet (PDF) Solution #1 Offer parenting programs
Parent training remains the single most effective strategy for
preventing behavior problems and promoting social and emotional
competence. Solution #2 Provide teachers training
Teacher training in classroom management skill reduces aggression and
increases children's social and emotional competence as well as school
success. Solution #3 Provide children with social and emotional training
Child training produces improvement in social behavior with peers at
school. For highly aggressive children the combination of parent and
teacher/child training produces better long-term results than either
alone. Using the Incredible Years Series Programs by Population Served
Read the overview of the levels. Incredible Years Implementation in New ZealandWatch these clips about the New Zealand implementation of the Incredible Years programs.
this will be replaced by the SWF.
this will be replaced by the SWF.
Helping Young Aggressive Children Beat the Odds: Parents, Children, Teachers and DinosaursThe University of Washington 2006 Annual Faculty Lecture by Carolyn Webster-Stratton, PhD.
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The
Incredible Years, our
These
short video clips feature Carolyn Webster-Stratton. Carolyn answers frequently
asked questions by group leaders about the Incredible Years programs, the
training model and practices, and implementation methodology.
Young
children need developmentally appropriate and nurturing responses from
parents and teachers that will prevent more serious problems, repair
problematic relationships, and help them develop the social-emotional
skills they need to succeed in life.
Read
about implementing our programs, view outcomes and more!
A
new book by Carolyn Webster-Stratton. This book is an update of the 2001
Blueprints Book Eleven and provides a synthesis of 30 years of research
as well as detailed descriptions of each the programs.
Information
for agencies about implementing the interventions with fidelity.
Guidelines
and strategies for parents to promote children's social and emotional competence.
New
Spanish version of the book includes the first 10 chapters.
