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DATE: 8/20/2008 
CONTACT: Incredible Years (888) 506-3562 
CATEGORY: Treatment Description 
REFERENCE: Michael S. Hurlburt, PhD; Katherine Nguyen, PhD.; Jamila Reid, PhD.; Carolyn Webster-Stratton, PhD.; Jinjin Zhang, M.S. 2008. (In press). 

Efficacy of the Incredible Years Group Parent Program With Families in Head Start With a Child Maltreatment History 

Objective: To compare the outcomes of an 8 week prevention form of the Incredible Years (IY) parenting program for parents of children in Head Start with and without a history of reported child maltreatment. Parenting practices and child behavioral outcomes were the primary outcomes of interest. 

The IY parenting program has positive impacts for parents with a history of reported child maltreatment. While similar benefits were observed for both groups of parents in this study, results support delivering evidence-based parenting programs of longer duration and higher intensity than often used by agencies in the community serving parents in contact with child welfare. Practice: Agencies serving parents referred for child maltreatment should carefully examine the characteristics of the parenting programs they deliver. Use of a parenting program that has a sound base of empirical support, such as IY, and sufficient intensity and duration are likely necessary to make substantial changes in parents' child-rearing practices.

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