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Process for Becoming Certified as an Incredible
Years Trainer
A certified trainer is an outstanding
certified group leader and mentor who has been selected to
receive additional training and has been approved to offer
"authorized" training workshops to new group leaders nationally
and internationally. These workshops are arranged exclusively
through the Incredible Years office in Seattle, WA.
Certifications are specific to each
program – BASIC Parenting Program, or Dinosaur Child Training
Program, or Teacher Program.
Requirements
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Completed certification as a group leader and
mentor in corresponding program.
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Provided ongoing mentoring of new group
leaders and co-facilitating groups with new group leaders.
Mentor evaluations are consistently outstanding.
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Completed competent videotape reviews for
group leaders’ certification and submitted supervisory
reports to Incredible Years office.
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Successful completion of numerous authorized
mentor workshops in own agency or region. Incredible Years
Office has received evaluations from these workshops which
are consistently enthusiastic. Payment, workshop checklists
and registration of workshop participants are reliably
documented in a timely fashion following completion of a
workshop.
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Periodic videotapes of a portion of leader
workshops have been submitted for review as a certified
mentor. These videotape reviews were found to be
outstanding.
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Mentor has co-trained periodically with
Incredible Years trainers and has had close contact with the
other certified trainers.
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Mentor is knowledgeable about research and
measures related to Incredible Years as well as other
empirically validated interventions for children and youth.
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Has agency support and endorsement for this
role and permission to offer training workshops outside of
the agency work place.
Certified Trainer Responsibilities
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Collaboration with Incredible Years
office regarding availability for training.
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Makes own travel arrangements unless
otherwise specified.
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Does videotape reviews for group leaders
for certification purposes and completes supervisory reports in
a timely manner.
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Attends regular (every 2 years)
mentor/trainer updates and consultation training days.
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Submits a videotape of a portion of a
workshop training day for review (see box at right for tips).
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Continues to submit workshop
evaluations.
Certified Trainer Responsibilities to
Incredible Years:
Within 2 weeks of completing a workshop,
a trainer will send to the Incredible Years:
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The training workshop checklist.
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Daily evaluations of workshops summarized and
tallied.
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Typed (or legible) list of names, addresses
and attendance record of participants at workshop.
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An invoice of expenses.
Incredible Years Responsibilities to a
Certified Trainer:
Provides intellectual rights for trainer
to copy materials for workshops.
Provides trainer with up-to-date
materials and on-going research results.
Contracts with trainer and agency for
training dates and helps agency to set up workshop. Handouts are
provided to agency as well as suggestions for organizing
workshop.
Payment to trainers will be forthcoming
upon receipt of invoice, evaluations and attendance lists.
Provides certificates of attendance for
participants.
Web posting of workshop as "authorized"
workshop.
Registration of workshop participants
upon completion with Incredible Years as having completed
"authorized" workshop.
Follow-up evaluation with agency
regarding workshop satisfaction.
NOTE: Mentors begin with a year of
"provisional trainer" status and pending continuation of
excellent workshop evaluations and periodic workshop videotape
review, positive mentor evaluations and ongoing submission of
required paperwork and reports, will receive official trainer
status. Trainer status can be revoked if a trainer does not
fulfill trainer responsibilities. | 
