The Incredible Years

Targeted Age of Child: 2-10

Targeted Audience: All families with children in this age range. Primary emphasis is on children at-risk for or displaying conduct disorders.

Effectiveness Within Racial/Ethnic Groups, Gender and Settings:

• Evaluated as effective for African-American, Caucasian, Hispanic, Asian, East African, Canadian, and British children
• Evaluated as effective for both genders
• Evaluated as effective for rural, suburban and urban settings
• Evaluated as effective across socioeconomic backgrounds

Program Description: Parent, school and child components are designed to work together to promote emotional and social competence and to prevent, reduce and/or treat behavioral and emotional problems in children.

Evaluated Outcomes:

• Increased positive and nurturing parenting
• Decreased harsh coercive negative parenting
• Reduction in children's home and school behavior problems
• Increase in positive behaviors at home and school
• Increased parent-child bonding
• Increased parent bonding and involvement with teacher and school
• Increased teacher bonding with parent
• Increased teacher classroom management skills
• Increased positive interaction between teacher and child

Number of Sessions and Format:

• Basic parent program - 12 weekly 2 hour sessions.
• Advanced parent program - 14-22 weekly 2 hour sessions (basic parent training is included within this number)
• Child treatment program - 18 weekly 2 hours sessions
• Child classroom program - twice weekly for 45 minutes
• Teacher classroom management program - 32 hours
• Parent Training Series includes three programs: the basic program, the advance program offered to parents who have completed the basic program and the “Supporting Your Childs Education ” Program
• Teacher Training Series consisting of six group discussion/intervention programs for teachers, school counselors and psychologists
• Child Training Series the Dina Dinosaur Social Skills and Problem-Solving Curriculum for classroom or counselor use and the Dina Child (Small Group) Treatment Program

Other: Components have demonstrated effectiveness with children's characteristics at home and school when used independently of one another. Parent training alone did not affect classroom management, but any combination of the other programs alone and together with parent training did. Only combined parent and teacher training resulted in parent bonding with school.

Staffing: Group leaders should have professional training and experience working with children and/or families. Group leader training highly recommended.

Cost: High

Registry Listings: SAMHSA, OJJDP, Blueprints, CEBC, HAY

Contact Information:

Lisa St. George
Administrative Director
Incredible Years
1411 Eighth Avenue, West
Seattle, WA 98119
Phone: 888-506-3562
Fax: 888-506-3562
Email: lisastgeorge@comcast.net
Web site: http://www.incredibleyears.com