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The Incredible Years are research-based, proven effective programs for reducing children's aggression and behavior problems and increasing social competence at home and at school. About the Incredible Years Programs
The program was selected as a "Model" program by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP). As such, the series has been subject to numerous randomized control evaluations, evidenced excellent effectiveness, and attained high overall ratings. The program has been recommended by the American Psychological Division 12 Task force as a well-established treatment for children with conduct problems. Read more about Carolyn (PDF) Mission & Organizational StatementWe act on the belief – that a child is the most precious of all human beings, and the ability to withstand the emotional and social challenges as a teenager, clearly rests upon a caring relationship between parent, teacher and child.
The Incredible Years Series Goals
The
Incredible Years Parents, Teachers, and Children Training Series has two
long-range goals.
The purpose of the series is to prevent delinquency, drug abuse, and violence. The short-term goals of the series are to: Reduce conduct problems in children:
Promote social, emotional, and academic competence in children:
Incredible Years - Overview of the ProgramsYoung children need developmentally appropriate and nurturing responses from parents and teachers that will prevent more serious problems, repair problematic relationships, and help them develop the social-emotional skills they need to succeed in life. Solution #1 Offer parenting programs
Parent training remains the single most effective strategy for
preventing behavior problems and promoting social and emotional
competence. Solution #2 Provide teachers training
Teacher training in classroom management skill reduces aggression and
increases children's social and emotional competence as well as school
success. Solution #3 Provide children with social and emotional training
Child training produces improvement in social behavior with peers at
school. For highly aggressive children the combination of parent and
teacher/child training produces better long-term results than either
alone. Using the Incredible Years Programs by Population Served
Read the overview of the levels. Helping Young Aggressive Children Beat the Odds: Parents, Children, Teachers and DinosaursThe University of Washington 2006 Annual Faculty Lecture by Carolyn Webster-Stratton, PhD.
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The first goal is to develop comprehensive treatment programs
for young children with early onset conduct problems. The second goal is
the development of cost-effective, community-based, universal prevention
programs that all families and teachers of young children can use to promote
social competence and to prevent children from developing conduct problems
in the first place.
Information
for agencies about implementing the interventions with fidelity.
A
great resource for Group Leaders, Therapists and Teachers.
New
Babies and Toddlers program! Supporting parents and their babies and
toddlers.
Read
about implementing our programs, view outcomes and more!
This
book provides parents with guidelines to help prevent behavior
problems from occurring and strategies to promote children's social
and emotional competence.
New
Spanish version of the book includes the first 10 chapters.
Seattle,
WA - Trainings with Carolyn Webster-Stratton and Jamila Reid in 2010.