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Launching Incredible Years Programs in Your Organization* (*The term "organization" is used to refer to mental health agency, school, child care center or hospital.) We are happy to help you implement one of the Incredible Years (IY) Parents, Teachers, or Children’s Training Program in your organization. In order to be sure you understand what is involved in delivering these programs with high quality and integrity, we have developed a questionnaire checklist for you to determine your agency’s readiness for using this program. Launching the Incredible Years Programs - Questionnaire Worksheet (PDF)
Affirming Diversity: Multi-Cultural Collaboration to Deliver the Incredible Years Parent Programs Abstract of an article by Carolyn Webster-Stratton
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The Incredible Years programs have been
shown in research to strengthen parenting skills and teacher
classroom management skills as well as increasing young
children’s social competence and reducing behavior problems. It
has been researched with teachers and parents of children ages
2-8 years.
With
the numbers of minority groups being served in community mental
health settings increasing, there is a need to better understand
how evidence based practices (EBPs) are being tailored to ensure
cultural sensitivity and fit with these populations. While
cultural adaptations have been made for specific cultural
groups, the appeal of the more “generic” but culturally
sensitive EBP is that it is cost effective and allows for more
flexibility in program delivery because it can be used with
heterogeneous cultural groups rather than single culture groups.
Multicultural groups can also foster greater understanding among
parents of differing cultural backgrounds and experiences
leading to more tolerant and respectful communities. The
challenge of this approach is to train therapists to provide the
EBPs using culturally sensitive principles that are
generalizeable across cultures. The Incredible Years (IY)
Parenting program has shown promising effects in many random
control group studies with diverse cultures in United States as
well as in other countries. This paper reviews the “principles”
embedded deeply in the IY program, which are designed to provide
a culturally sensitive structure to the delivery of the program.
