

The Incredible Years® Series Interventions for Teachers
The Incredible Years® early intervention programs for teachers are delivered by group leaders to groups of teachers/childcare providers depending on children’s age range and needs. The programs aim to provide educators with skills to effectively manage classrooms and promote children’s resilience, social and emotional skills, and academic competence.
Training workshops to equip group leaders with the skills needed to deliver the programs are purchased separately from the program sets below.
Incredible Beginnings Program
The Incredible Beginnings® program is a program for teachers and childcare providers to learn ways to provide an environment that supports children’s optimal early development.
Teaching methods discussed include:
- Using social and emotional learning curriculum
- Using academic and persistence coaching
- Nurturing child-directed play interactions using narrated descriptive commenting
- Proactive teaching with predictable routines
- Consistent positive behavior management strategies
What's Included
- Video vignettes (11 disc DVD or Online Streaming Subscription)
- Comprehensive Leader’s Manual for Incredible Beginnings Program
- Supplemental Manual: “Teachers Promoting Social & Emotional Development in Young Children”
- Teaching Pyramid for Toddlers and Preschoolers Magnet
- Calm Down Thermometer Poster
- Incredible Teachers Book
- Teaching Pyramid for Toddlers and Preschoolers Poster
- “Show Me Five” Poster
- Classroom Rules Cards (laminated set of 7)
Language Options
- English
Teacher Classroom Management Program
The Teacher Classroom Management Program is a prevention program to strengthen teacher classroom management strategies and promote children’s prosocial behavior and school readiness (reading skills). The program has been shown in control group studies to reduce classroom aggression and noncooperation and promote peer interaction, school readiness, enjoyment of school activities, and home-to-school consistency. The Teacher Classroom Management Program is useful for teachers, teacher aides, school psychologists, and school counselors.
What's Included
- Video vignettes (7-disc DVD or Online Streaming Subscription)
- Comprehensive Leader’s Manual
- Teaching Pyramid® Magnet
- Dina’s Wheel of Fortune Poster
- Incredible Teachers Book
- Teaching Pyramid® Poster
- Calm Down Thermometer Poster
- Teacher Stickers (6 rolls)
- School Rules Cards set
- “Show Me Five” Poster
Language Options
- English
- Norwegian
- Danish
- Finnish (Manual is English)
- Portuguese (Manual is English)
Helping Preschool Children with Autism Program
This new 6-session program can be offered to both Teachers and Parents working with preschool children on the Autism Spectrum. This program can be used as a standalone, or it can be used as a supplement to either the Teacher Classroom Management Program or the Autism Spectrum and Language Delays Parent Training Program.
What's Included
- Video vignettes (3-disc DVD or Online Streaming Subscription)
- Comprehensive Leader’s Manual, including weekly “Spotlighting Tips” (brief points to remember from program) and weekly practice activities for parents or teachers
- Helping Preschool Children with Autism: Parents and Teachers as Partners book
- Autism Parenting Pyramid Poster
- Toddler Brain Development Neurons Poster
- Turtle Puppet
- Attention Spotlight Magnet
- Attention Spotlight Poster
- Calm Down Thermometer Poster
- Small Laminated Self-Regulation cue cards on key ring
Language Options
- English
Teachers Promoting Social and Emotional Learning Program
The Teachers Promoting Social and Emotional Learning Program is a supplement to the Incredible Beginnings® and Teacher Classroom Management Programs. We have selected 42 of our favorite video vignettes we’ve recorded over the years. In these vignettes, you will see teachers demonstrating how to promote language development, use social and emotional coaching, use proactive teaching strategies to manage transitions and implement positive behavior management methods.
What's Included
- Video vignettes (DVD with 42 Vignettes)
- Comprehensive Leader’s Manual
Language Options
- English
How It's Used
You can choose to add 2-3 of these supplemental vignettes to each workshop day topic. The Incredible Beginnings session protocol indicates which supplemental vignettes go with each topic. Additionally, these supplemental vignettes may be used as part of ongoing consultation or “booster” training sessions after you have completed the standard Teacher Classroom Management or Incredible Beginnings training protocol. Group leaders who are using the Classroom Dinosaur Curriculum may also find the vignettes helpful to enhance their work with children in the classroom.
Key Research Outcomes
Research on the Incredible Years teacher intervention programs has indicated the following outcomes:
