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Process for Becoming Certified as an Incredible Years Trainer

A certified/accredited trainer is an outstanding certified/accredited group leader and mentor who has been selected to receive additional training and has been approved to offer "authorized" training workshops to new group leaders nationally and internationally. These workshops are arranged exclusively through the Incredible Years office in Seattle, WA. 

Certifications are specific to each program:
BASIC Parenting Program, or
Dinosaur Child Training Program, or
Teacher Program.

Please see the right side bar for important documentation.

Requirements

  • Completed certification as a group leader and mentor in corresponding program. 
  • Provided ongoing mentoring of new group leaders and co-facilitating groups with new group leaders. Mentor evaluations are consistently outstanding.
  • Completed competent videotape reviews for group leaders’ certification and submitted supervisory reports to Incredible Years office. 
  • Successful completion of numerous authorized mentor workshops in own agency or region. Incredible Years Office has received evaluations from these workshops which are consistently enthusiastic. Payment, workshop checklists and registration of workshop participants are reliably documented in a timely fashion following completion of a workshop.
  • Periodic videotapes of a portion of leader workshops have been submitted for review as a certified mentor. These videotape reviews were found to be outstanding.
  • Mentor has co-trained periodically with Incredible Years trainers and has had close contact with the other certified trainers. 
  • Mentor is knowledgeable about research and measures related to Incredible Years as well as other empirically validated interventions for children and youth. 
  • Has agency support and endorsement for this role and permission to offer training workshops outside of the agency work place.

Certified Trainer Responsibilities 

  • Collaboration with Incredible Years office regarding availability for training.
  • Makes own travel arrangements unless otherwise specified.
  • Does videotape reviews for group leaders for certification purposes and completes supervisory reports in a timely manner.
  • Attends regular (every 2 years) mentor/trainer updates and consultation training days.
  • Submits a videotape of a portion of a workshop training day for review (see box at right for tips).
  • Continues to submit workshop evaluations. 

Certified Trainer Responsibilities to Incredible Years:

Within 2 weeks of completing a workshop, a trainer will send to the Incredible Years:

  • The training workshop checklist.
  • Daily evaluations of workshops summarized and tallied.
  • Typed (or legible) list of names, addresses and attendance record of participants at workshop.
  • An invoice of expenses.

Incredible Years Responsibilities to a Certified Trainer:

Provides intellectual rights for trainer to copy materials for workshops.

Provides trainer with up-to-date materials and on-going research results.

Contracts with trainer and agency for training dates and helps agency to set up workshop. Handouts are provided to agency as well as suggestions for organizing workshop. 

Payment to trainers will be forthcoming upon receipt of invoice, evaluations and attendance lists. 

Provides certificates of attendance for participants.

Web posting of workshop as "authorized" workshop.

Registration of workshop participants upon completion with Incredible Years as having completed "authorized" workshop.

Follow-up evaluation with agency regarding workshop satisfaction.

NOTE: Mentors begin with a year of "provisional trainer" status and pending continuation of excellent workshop evaluations and periodic workshop videotape review, positive mentor evaluations and ongoing submission of required paperwork and reports, will receive official trainer status. Trainer status can be revoked if a trainer does not fulfill trainer responsibilities. 

Certification Background Questionnaires

If you are applying for certification as a Trainer, please use the background questionnaire for the program you will be certified in.

Questionnaire - Background Dinosaur Group Leader (PDF)

Questionnaire - Background Parent Group Leader (PDF)
 

Teacher Certification Process

Training Progression (PDF) for a certification process profile.
 

Tips for a Successful Videotape Review

Review tape yourself to make sure all aspects are covered.

Send entire group session (with opening and closing session).

Be sure videotape shows you being group leader (and not just the group or coleader).

Identify you as the group leader to be reviewed and label the tape accordingly.

If you have a co-leader on your certification tape, you must take responsibility for entire session so we can see you "in action".

Do not send more than one tape or send bits of different sessions.

VHS or DVD only (NTSC or PAL format). No mini DV or other small formats accepted (please call about converting).
 
 


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