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title: School Age Parenting Programs | Incredible Years
description: Incredible Years provides early intervention programs that give parents tools to promote school-age children's social and emotional development.
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# ** 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 ](https://www.incredibleyears.com/training/upcoming)to equip group leaders with the skills needed to deliver the programs are purchased separately from the program sets below.*

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## 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.*

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Age 2-6 years old

Price starting at Program curriculum ($600) + initial training fees ($890)

Average parent group size 12 to 14

Average # of weekly sessions (2-3 hrs each) 6 to 10

## 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.

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Age 3-12 years old

Price starting at $760

Average parent group size 12 to 14

Average # of weekly sessions (2-3 hrs each) 4

## 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

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Age 6-12 years old

Price starting at Program curriculum ($675) + initial training fees ($890)

Average parent group size 12 to 14

Average # of weekly sessions (2-3 hrs each) 12 to 16

## 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

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Age 4-12 years old

Price starting at Program curriculum ($750) + initial training fees ($710)

Average parent group size 12 to 14

Average # of weekly sessions (2-3 hrs each) 9 to 11

## 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. 

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Age 0-12 years old

Price starting at Program curriculum ($100) + initial training fees ($350)

Average parent group size Individual parents/  
caregivers

## Key Research Outcomes

 Research on the Incredible Years early intervention programs for parents has indicated the following outcomes:

** Reductions in parental depression and increases in parental self-confidence **

** Increases in positive family communication and problem-solving **

** Improved parent-child interactions **

** Reduced use of criticism and negative commands **

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