The Incredible Years® Series
Intervention Programs for Parents of School Age Children
(6-12 Years)
Our parenting programs are delivered to groups of parents/caregivers according to their child’s age group: babies (0-12 months), toddlers (1-3 years), preschoolers (3-6 years), and school age (6-12 years).
Check out the early intervention parenting programs we offer for parents and caregivers of school-age children below.
Training workshops to equip group leaders with the skills needed to deliver the programs are purchased separately from the program sets below.
Attentive Parenting Program
The Attentive Parenting® program is a “universal” parenting program. It can be offered to ALL parents to promote their children’s emotional regulation, social competence, problem solving, reading and school readiness.
This is not a program for children with significant behavior or developmental problems or family mental health difficulties, although it may be used as a supplement to the Basic programs or for follow up booster sessions.
What's Included
- Video vignettes (6-disc DVD, or Online Streaming Subscription)
- Comprehensive Leader’s Manual, including parents’ weekly “Attentive Parenting® Tips” (brief points to remember from program) and home activities
- Wally Detective Books (set of 4)
- Incredible Toddlers: A Guide and Journal of Your Toddler’s Discoveries book
- The Incredible Years: A Troubleshooting Guide for Parents of Children Aged 3-8 Years (3rd Edition) book
- Attentive Parenting® Poster
- Set of 6 stickers
- Refrigerator Magnet
Language Options
- English
- Norwegian
School Readiness Program
The School Readiness program is a parenting program designed to promote preschool children’s school readiness. The objectives are to improve children’s school readiness by enhancing their language, reading, and social skills.
What's Included
- DVD Set (2-part set)
- Comprehensive Leader’s Manual
Language Options
- English
School Age Parenting Program (Basic)
The School Age Parenting Program (Basic) strengthens parent-child interactions and attachment, reducing harsh discipline and fostering parents’ ability to promote children’s social, emotional, and academic development.
Parents learn how to:
- Monitor children after school
- Set rules regarding TV, computer, and drug use
- Support children’s homework
- Partner with teachers so that they can promote children’s academic, social, and emotional skills
What's Included
- Video vignettes (USB, or 7-disc DVD, or Online Streaming Subscription)
- Comprehensive leader manual (consisting of over 800 pages of “how to”, including leader questions for discussion, vignette scripts, parent home activities and weekly “refrigerator notes” for parents (reminders for the week)
- Book: The Incredible Years: A Troubleshooting Guide for Parents of Children Aged 3-8 Years (3rd Edition, by Carolyn Webster-Stratton)
- Book: Collaborating with Parents to Reduce Children’s Behavior Problems: A Book for Therapists Using the Incredible Years Programs (by Carolyn Webster-Stratton)
- Piggy Bank Refrigerator Magnet
- Parenting Pyramid® Poster (illustrates how the series first builds a positive foundation of relationship skills before discipline strategies)
Language Options
- English
- Spanish
- Danish
- Finnish (manual is English)
- Norwegian
- Chinese
Advanced Parenting Program
*This program is for parents who have already completed one of our basic parenting programs
The Advanced Parenting Program builds on the Preschool and School Age Parenting Programs (Basic) by focusing on parents’ interpersonal issues such as:
- Effective communication and problem solving skills
- Anger and depression management
- Ways to give and get support
- Family meetings
What's Included
- Video vignettes (7-disc DVD)
- Comprehensive leader’s manual, including parent weekly “refrigerator notes” (reminders for the week) and parent take-home assignments for home activities
- Book: The Incredible Years: A Troubleshooting Guide for Parents of Children Aged 3 – 8 Years (3rd Edition)
- Piggy Bank magnet
- Pyramid for Building Relationships poster
Language Options
- English
- Estonian
- Russian
Home Visiting Coach Model
The Incredible Years® offers a Home Visiting Coach protocol for Baby, Toddler, Preschool, and School Age Basic Parent Programs. The Home Visiting Coach model can be used in conjunction with the group-based model, or the entire curriculum can be delivered with individual families entirely in the homes. Our Home Coaching manuals help facilitators tailor the content of the programs for individual delivery in the homes. To implement in the home, facilitators need the full program curriculum kit, plus the supplemental manual for home coaching.
How To Use With Group Programs
- To begin a parent’s learning if there is an extended delay before the next scheduled IY parent group begins.
- To give parents a taste of the program in order to recruit them into the IY parent group.
- To provide make-up sessions for parents who have missed group sessions due to illness or work schedules.
- To enhance the IY parent group learning for high-risk families and/or child welfare referred families, and to provide additional vignettes and practices at home.
- To deliver the entire parenting curriculum in the home.
Language Options
- English
- Norwegian
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