Supplementary Items for Group Leaders of Parent  Programs

The supplemental materials are additional products that support and enhance the programs. These resources may be purchased separately using the price list & order form.

NEW! Collaborating with Parents to Reduce Children's Behavior Problems

This item is for: Group Leaders of Parent programs
This item is for: Administrators and clinicians interested in IY program methods and content

This book by Carolyn Webster-Stratton has two elements ~ first it allows parents to tell their stories: sharing what it is like to have a "problem" child as well as the long and painful route to finding support and recovery through parent and child training.

The book also elucidates in detail the "collaborative process" of therapists working together with families. This process combines the knowledge and expertise of the clinician with the unique strengths, perspectives, culture and goals of parents. Essentially the goal is to empower parents by making them active partners in the therapy process, teaching them parenting strategies to cope effectively with their child and strengthen their relationship as well as build support networks. Read the full description

Experts in Action: Parent Group Leader Workshop Training Samples

This item is for: Group Leaders learning to deliver the IY Parent Program
This item is for: IY Peer Coaches in their work with new Group Leaders
This item is for: IY Mentors for review and study of training workshops
This item is for: Administrators and clinicians interested in IY program methods and content

These 8 DVDs are an opportunity for group leaders who are implementing the Incredible Years Parenting Program to see the developer discuss her theory and rationale for the collaborative methods and processes underlying the successful group delivery of this program. The DVD clips show Carolyn Webster-Stratton modeling how to mediate video vignettes, do benefits/barriers exercises, buddy buzzes, pull out principles, and set up role play practices. She explains how to work collaboratively with parents and tailor the program to the specific population being addressed so that it is meaningful and targeted at their goals. View full description and View clips from this program

Experts in Action: Sample Home Visit Coaching DVD

This item is for: Group Leaders experienced with the IY Parent Programs

This 2 DVD set shows how the Home Visit Coaching program is delivered in the home and provides examples of the first home visit which includes how to explain the program to a parent, goal setting, mediating video vignettes with children being present, setting up practices sessions and introducing a new topic.

See vignettes of a coach covering the persistence coaching topic and more.

This DVD is a great companion to the Home Coach Self-Administered Manuals (below). Read the full description for both products

Home Coaching Program - Self-Administered Parent Manuals

This item is for: Group Leaders experienced with the IY Parent Programs

The Home Coaching program self-administered manuals for the Preschool and School-Age BASIC Parenting Programs include a leader's manual covering protocols for ten program topic areas.

Three parent manuals are included for the Toddler program. Four parent manuals for the Preschool program are included (shown).

Five parent manuals for the School Age program are included (shown).

The Home Coaching program is a one-on-one parent-coach model that is used to supplement the Toddler, Preschool and School-Age BASIC parenting groups. Read the full description

Experts in Action: Parent Groups Program

This item is for: Group Leaders of Parent programs

4 DVDs (5+hours) and Leader's Guide

Watch certified leaders conducting actual live parent groups of the BASIC Incredible Years Parent Program. These tapes show examples of group leaders conducting the Limit Setting and Handling Misbehavior Programs (sessions 7, 9, 10 and 12) with parents of children ages 3-6 years.

The DVD's include a leader's guide which includes questions to think about in regard to the group leader's skills as well as Dr. Webster-Stratton's interpretation of the collaborative leadership skills being used by leaders with the parents. View full description and clips

Group leaders and clinicians who have received the initial training workshop for the BASIC Parenting Program will find these DVD's an invaluable resource for furthering their group leadership skills. These videos can be used for self-study or viewed with other group leaders and used as a trigger for discussion of group leadership skills.

Experts in Action: Cross-Cultural Parent Groups Program

This item is for: Group Leaders of Parent programs

2 DVDs (3+hours) and Leader's Guide

Watch parenting groups using interpreters. Two videos of live sessions from the BASIC Program showing how to most effectively incorporate interpreters into your group sessions. Sessions shown are Play and Ignoring

The DVD's include a leader's guide which includes questions to think about in regard to the group leader's skills as well as Dr. Webster-Stratton's interpretation of the collaborative leadership skills being used by leaders with the parents. View full description and clips

Group leaders and clinicians who have received the initial training workshop for the BASIC Parenting Program will find these DVD's an invaluable resource for furthering their group leadership skills. These videos can be used for self-study or viewed with other group leaders and used as a trigger for discussion of group leadership skills.

Experts in Action: Parents and Babies Group Program

Two DVD videos showing certified leaders conducting live parent groups of the Incredible Years Parents and Babies’ Program. These DVDs show examples of Session Five, Parents Learning to Read Babies’ Minds and Session Seven, Babies Emerging Sense of Self (6-12 months) with parents and their babies. View full description

The leader's guide includes reflection topics to aid group leaders in developing their skills and collaborative leadership strategies. The manual also offers commentary on topics related to: baby proofing one’s home, developmental milestones, putting babies to sleep at night, feeding babies their first solids and parents seeking support for their parenting efforts.

Incredible Babies

This item is for: Group Leaders of Parent programs
This item is for: Parents

The Incredible Babies book shows you how to promote and understand your babies' physical, social, emotional and language development. It includes safety alerts, developmental principles, and a journal section where you can capture and preserve your memories of your baby's likes and dislikes, favorite songs, stories and daily routines.

Organized around the developmental baby stages of 0-3 months, 4-6 months and 6-12 months, the book provides simple but effective techniques to help you observe, read and learn about your babies' cues, signals and unique temperament: Cope with babies' crying and fussy periods, Baby-proof your home, Understand how babies learn from your responsive interactions, Speak "parent-ese," sing and read to your baby, provide optimal physical, tactile, auditory and visual stimulation, Begin to set up predictable routines and rituals, Learn strategies to keep your baby and yourself calm.

And also how to get support from others and involve other family members and friends in your baby's life.

Incredible Toddlers

This item is for: Group Leaders of Parent programs
This item is for: Parents

The The Incredible Toddlers’ book shows you how to promote and understand your toddler’s physical, social, emotional and language development. It includes safety alerts, developmental principles, and a journal section where you can capture and preserve your memories of your toddler’s likes and dislikes, favorite songs, stories and daily routines.

The book is organized around helping toddlers accomplish three developmental milestones: (1) secure attachment or bonding with parents; (2) development of language, social and emotional expression and (3) developing a sense of self and unique individuality.

The book provides simple but effective techniques to help you:

Promote toddlers' preschool and reading readiness with academic and persistence coaching; Strengthen toddlers' emotional and social competence; Cope with separations and establish predictable routines for bedtime, toileting and mealtimes; Use positive discipline strategies; Manage successfully typical toddler responses such as hitting, biting, opposition and tantrum storms; Keeping toddlers safe and secure; Develop your family support team.

Read chapter 3 of Incredible Toddlers

The Incredible Years, A Guide for Parents of Children Aged 2-8 Years

This item is for: Group Leaders of Parent programs*
This item is for: Parents and children

Guidelines and strategies for parents to promote children's social and emotional competence. This is an amazing book that covers research-based parenting strategies for all families. Positive discipline techniques are described in detail illustrated with true-to-life examples. The Incredible Years covers strategies to help parents prevent behavior problems as well as promote their children's social and emotional competence. (Revised in 2006)

Available in English and Spanish.

Child and Parents Conversation Card Game (for children 8-16 years)

This item is for: Group Leaders of Parent programs
This item is for: Parents and children

This game is made up of two card decks, one used by the child and the other used by parents. The adult and child each take turns asking a question while the other answers. Use the 3-minute pig timer to limit the amount of time for answers. Example parent deck questions include, "what do you like to do best with me?", "what are two important household rules?", "what is the best way I can help with your homework?", "what do you say to yourself to stay calm?", "what is the hardest part about being a kid?", "what would be the menu of your ultimate birthday dinner?"

Example child deck questions include, "what can I do to earn a reward?" or, "is it ever okay to tell a lie?", or, "what is the story behind my name?" or, "what do you like to do best with me?", or "what was I like as a preschooler?", or, "when do you think I can baby-sit?" or, "are there any projects we can work on together?"

Watch a video clip of game play

Incredible Parents Conversation Card Game

This item is for: Group Leaders of Parent programs
This item is for: Parents

This card game facilitates discussion between parents about parenting strategies and goals. This game can be played with Incredible Years parent groups or with friends, group buddies, or between partners. During parent groups, it is suggested that leaders introduce the game mid-way through the program and then play it again on the last night as part of the final session celebration. Half of the deck focuses on the foundational part of the IY pyramid and the other half comprises of questions about handling misbehavior. Parents take turns asking each other questions such as: "how do you find time to schedule some personal time for yourself?", "what is the most fun thing you do with your child?", "what is one way you used the attention principle successfully?", "what are two behaviors you look for when doing Incredible Years social coaching?", "what makes it hard for you to praise your child?", "what goals have you set for yourself in regard to parenting?"

Examples of questions from the section on handling misbehavior include: "how do you stay calm when using the ignoring strategy?", "what are two good consequences for 5-6 year olds?", "what is one principle you have learned in Incredible Years that you have used successfully?", "when you feel yourself starting to get angry, what coping self-talk do you find useful to stay respectful?"

Wally, Molly, Dina, and Tiny's Tip Cards

This item is for: Group Leaders of Parent programs
This item is for: Parents

The cards can be helpful to new group leaders using either the Dina program or the Parent program. This set of 6 glossy cards can be given out to parents of children who are participating in the Dinosaur Social, Emotional and Problem Solving Programs or in the Basic Incredible Years parenting programs. The cards provide parents with tips for how to help their children calm down, problem solve and make friends. Tips on ways to use academic, persistence, social and emotional coaching while engaged in child-directed play with children.

Six sets of 6 different cards.

Card dimensions: 8.5" x 5.5"

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Wally's Detective Books (set of 4)

This item is for: Group Leaders of Parent and Teacher programs
This item is for: Parents and Teachers to use with children

These small books are designed for parents and teachers to use with children in small groups or one-on-one. (sold as set of four)

Book One: Wally’s Detective Book for Solving Problems at School 28 difficult situations Wally encounters at school. The parent or teacher uses the book by reading the child a scenario and asking them for possible solutions.

Book Two: Wally’s Detective Book for Solving Problems at Home 22 difficult situations Wally encounters at home.

Book Three: Wally Meets Dina Dinosaur The story of Wally who is 7 years old, has difficulty sitting still and gets in trouble for blurting out answers during class.

Book Four: Wally Learns a Lesson from Tiny Turtle In book four Tiny Turtle teaches Wally how to manage his anger by going into his shell to calm down. Read more about using these books

Incredible Years Stickers (roll)

This item is for: Group Leaders of Parent programs
This item is for: Parents

"You are incredible!", "I am an incredible parent!" Stickers to encourage parents.
Sticker dimension: 1.5" x 1.5" (50 stickers per roll)

Incredible Pig Timer

This item is for: Group Leaders of Parent programs
This item is for: Parents

This timer can be used during child directed play. The parent can tell the child how much time they have for the play activity and then set the pig timer. The timer can also be used for the card games described above to delineate how much time each person has to respond to a question.

(Up to 60 minutes)

Magnet - Parent Program Pyramid

This item is for: Group Leaders of Parent programs
This item is for: Parents

Parent Pyramid Magnets summarize the key concepts of the program. Group participants are given a magnet to post their home activities on the refrigerator between sessions.

Size: 3 x 2.75"

Parent Program Pyramid Poster

This item is for: Group Leaders of Parent programs
This item is for: Parents

The Pyramid poster is a visual that can be used by the Group Leader with parent participants to show the sequence of the topics covered in the parent program. It provides a representation for building a strong foundation by beginning with the bottom of the pyramid, which concentrates on the positive affect, building a strong relationship with the children, and promoting children's social competence, emotional literacy and cooperative behaviors. The Pyramid poster is referred to at each group meeting to give the parents a sense of where they are in the program, what they have already learned, and what is still to come.

Poster dimensions: 16.3 x 18.7"

Build up Your Bank Account Piggy Bank Poster

This item is for: Group Leaders of Parent programs

This poster can be used to highlight how parents in Incredible Years parent groups are investing in their children by playing with them, coaching social and emotional skills, and praising and encouraging their child’s efforts. At the start of each parent group, the group leader can ask the parents to share a home activity they did with their child that they are proud of (this can be done in buddy pairs or with the whole group). The activities can then be written down on blank gold coins and placed on the piggy bank with the Velcro backing. The coins with text included with the poster can also be put up to illustrate a parent’s particular investment in his/her child. The fundamental purpose of the Piggy Bank poster is demonstrate the concept that when parents invest in their relationship with their child by playing and caring for them, they have a bank account they can draw on when times become more difficult and they need to impose a consequence. Moreover, this investment in their relationship is a long-term investment in their child’s emotional and social development.

*Poster also available in Spanish (with 15 coins and Velcro)

Poster dimensions: 17" x 11"

Baby Brain Poster (48 neurons) (17" x 11")

This item is for: Group Leaders of Parent programs

This poster features a large image of a baby crawling and has Velcro siding to attach neurons. The attachable neurons with text indicate methods by which parents can strengthen the neuron connections used for building social relationships, language and cognitive development, and emotional development. This poster can be used by group leaders to explain the many ways parents are helping the development of their baby’s brain. Since babies have over 10 billion neurons at birth, each of which can make 100,000 connections, parents play an important role in strengthening the most important connections that will last over time. Some of the ways neurons are strengthened include – speaking "parentese", eye contact, mirroring babies sounds and expressions, nurturing, familiar rhythmic motion, baby proofing, predictable routines, baby aerobics, reciprocal tango dance, singing songs and staying calm. View the full size poster (PDF)

Notepad "Incredible Parents Take Time to Play"

This item is for: Group Leaders of Parent programs

These sticky notepads are useful and fun for parents. Printed at top is the reminder "Incredible Parents Take Time to Play."

Parents can use this as a reminder about how they can promote their child's development.

Promoting Brain Development - Magnet

This item is for: Group Leaders of Parent programs
This item is for: Parents

A fun magnet illustrating the important aspects of child brain development. Positive coaching, predictable routines, and staying calm.

Parents can use this as a reminder about how they can promote their child's development.

Dimensions: 3 x 4"

Promoting Brain Development - Cap

This item is for: Group Leaders of Parent programs
This item is for: Parents

A cap featuring the three reminders for promoting brain development. This cap is adjustable and is a great way for parents to remind each other of how they can promote their child's brain development.

Embroidered hat with brain development graphic and The Incredible Years logo on the back.

Size: Adjustable

Baby Stickers (roll)

This item is for: Group Leaders of Parent programs
This item is for: Parents

Parenting stickers with fun sayings that affirm positive parenting skills. There are eight different sticker types included on each roll. View all eight sticker sayings
Sticker dimension: 1.4" x 1.4" (50 stickers per roll)

T-Shirt: Investing in Our Children

This item is for: Group Leaders of Parent programs
This item is for: Parents

These white t-shirts have the Incredible Years logo on the front. Printed on the back is a piggy bank and coins with invest slogans and the byline "Investing in Our Children"

Sizes: S M L XL

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T-Shirt: Nurturing Positive Growth

This item is for: Group Leaders of Parent programs

These white t-shirts have the Incredible Years logo. Printed on the back are the "Nurturing Positive Growth" tools.

Sizes: S M L XL

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T-Shirt: Take Time to Play! 

This item is for: Group Leaders of Parent programs
This item is for: Parents

These white t-shirts have the Incredible Years logo on the front and "Take Time to Play" on the back.

Sizes: S M L XL

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Apron: Tools for Building Supportive Relationships 

This item is for: Group Leaders of Parent programs
This item is for: Parents

This tool belt/apron can be used to hold the tools for the Tool Kit poster, or a great way to keep stickers and other prizes at hand while conducting groups.

Approximate size: 21" x 9" 

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Apron: Nurturing Positive Growth

This tool belt/apron features garden tools.

Approximate size: 21" x 9" 

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Coaching Scarf

This item is for: Group Leaders of Parent programs

Fun scarf, "Coaching Promotes Success" on front; Incredible Years logo on the back. (Colors shown are not exact.)

Please contact us for availability.

* One copy of this item is included with the program

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