The Incredible Years - Video Clips - Questions and Answers about using the programs

Resources for Implementing the Incredible Years Programs

Choosing your intervention according to risk status of population (PDF)
Explanation of program integration with graphic illustration.

Disseminating Incredible Years Series Early-Intervention Programs: Integration and sustaining services between school and home

Quality Training, Supervision, Ongoing Monitoring, and Agency Support: Key Ingredients to Implementing The Incredible Years Programs with Fidelity

Does Dosage Make a Difference? (PDF)

The Program's Emphases on Visual Learning (PDF)

Promoting Program Fidelity (PowerPoint)
Promoting Program Fidelity (PDF)
A presentation on program fidelity. Available in two formats.

Role of a Certified Mentor (PDF)
Mentors are key to developing a supportive infrastructure within an agency.

Learning the Incredible Years Programs: Agency Self-Directed Study

How to launch the Incredible Years programs with high quality and integrity. Fill out the Agency Readiness Questionnaire

After you have completed the Agency Readiness Questionnaire (above), and you have secured funding for your program, you are ready to learn how to deliver the Incredible Years program. The following checklists will help group leaders/therapists set up a self-study training regime.

Getting Started with the Incredible Years Child Dinosaur School Programs (PDF)

Getting Started with Learning the Incredible Years Parent Programs (PDF)

Adapting the Incredible Years Programs

Adapting the Incredible Years Programs According to the Developmental Needs of the Children (PDF)

Adapting the Incredible Years Child Dinosaur Social, Emotional, and Problem-Solving Intervention to Address Co-Morbid Diagnoses and Family Risk Factors

Affirming Diversity: Multi-Cultural Collaboration to Deliver the Incredible Years Parent Programs

Training interpreters to deliver the Incredible Years Parent Program: A cross cultural collaboration

Tips to Make Dinosaur Program Developmentally Appropriate (PDF)

Tailoring the Incredible Years BASIC Parenting Programs to the Parent Population
BASIC Preschool Version (PDF)
BASIC School-Age Version (PDF)

We also offer samples of program invitations to advertise your parent trainings: Sample Workshop Brochures and Invitations

Question & Answer Video Clips

Question 1: How does the group leader training work?

Question 2: What population does the program work with?

Question 3: What training and support is needed beyond the 3-day training workshop?

Question 4: What is the difference between the old and the updated parent programs?

Question 5: What is the rationale for the use of mediated video vignettes and experiential learning?

Question 6: Can the number of sessions be reduced?

Question 7: How does the program work with non-English speaking populations?

Question 8: How does the IY program work with families with varying literacy skills?

Question 9: How do I keep mandated families coming each week?

Question 10: How do I chose which vignettes to show families?

Question 11: Why do you use a collaborative training approach?

Question 12: Should foster parents be involved in the training for child welfare referred parents?

Question 13: Why are role play practices important to parents' learning?