The Incredible Years® Series SEL Interventions for Children
Rooted in social-emotional learning (SEL), The Incredible Years® early intervention programs for children use dinosaur-themed materials and life-size puppets to engage children and strengthen social, emotional, and academic skills. We offer a small group treatment program delivered by group leaders to small groups of children ages 4-8 years and a classroom prevention program delivered by group leaders/teachers to an entire classroom of students ages 3-8 years.
Training workshops to equip group leaders with the skills needed to deliver the programs are purchased separately from the program sets below.
Classroom Dinosaur Child Program (Prevention)
The Classroom Dinosaur Child Program (Prevention) is used by teachers as a prevention program for an entire classroom of students. The curriculum is delivered 2-3 times a week by teachers in the classroom in 20–30-minute circle time lessons, followed by small group practice activities and promotion of skills throughout the school day.
The program includes lesson plans for 3 “levels” so that teachers can choose lessons based on children’s developmental age: Level 1: ages 3-5, Level 2: ages 5-6, Level 3: ages 7-8
Curriculum Materials Included
- Video vignettes (USB, or 3-disc DVD, or Online Streaming Subscription)
- 5 Comprehensive Teacher lesson plan manuals with 3 levels of lesson plans
- Detective Home Activities (Also available in Spanish)
- Wally’s Detective Kit Box (47 laminated and colored cue cards for teaching social skills, anger management and problem solving concepts)
- Wally’s Detective Books for Solving Problems (set of 4)
- Stickers (7 rolls: “Ask me how I shared,” “I can stop my anger,” “I’m good at listening,” “I can solve problems,” “I worked hard today,” “I’m good at helping” & “Dina Homework Tonight”)
- Wally’s Feeling Wheel Posters (2 types)
- Calm Down Thermometer Poster
- Dina’s Wheel of Fortune Poster
- Classroom rules Laminated Cards (set of 7)
- Feeling Faces Laminated Cards set
- Incredible Teachers Book
- Dina’s Greatest Hits: Songs for Dinosaur School (Streaming online. Orders will receive page login & password information)
- Tote Bag
- Dina Dinosaur Magnet
- Puppets sold separately. Puppets and other supplemental materials support and enhance the curriculum and program delivery and may be purchased separately.
Language Options
- English
- Norwegian
- Danish
Training Information
Initial training prepares group leaders to deliver the program.
This training workshop will present in depth the Classroom Dinosaur Child Program designed by Dr. Webster-Stratton to help prevent behavior problems and promote social competence and emotional literacy in young children. The program focuses on ways for teachers to promote children’s emotional literacy, anger management, appropriate conflict management strategies, expected classroom behaviors, and positive social skills or friendship behaviors with other children and adults.
The curriculum includes over 60 lesson plans for use by teachers for children aged 3-8 (the curriculum is broken up into three “levels” for different developmental stages). The training also includes classroom management strategies that enhance children’s prosocial skills and reduce behavior plans.
The program is appropriate for use by teachers and school counselors for classrooms of students in groups of 18 to 24. It includes circle time, small group activities, and strategies to promote social, emotional, and academic literacy throughout the day.
Small Group Dinosaur Child Program (Treatment)
The Small Group Dinosaur Child Program (Treatment) is an early intervention program delivered by counselors, therapists, or special education teachers to children with conduct problems, ADHD, and internalizing problems. It is delivered in 2-hour weekly small group sessions (6 children per group) for 18-22 weeks. Ideally, it is offered in conjunction with the parenting program group sessions, so parents have an opportunity to foster their children’s learning in Dinosaur School in their interactions with them at home.
Curriculum Materials Included
- Video vignettes (USB, or 3-disc DVD, or Online Streaming Subscription)
- Comprehensive Therapist Manual
- Dinosaur Home Activities Manual
- Wally’s Detective Books for Solving Problems (set of 4)
- Wally’s Feeling Wheel Posters (2 types)
- Calm Down Thermometer Poster
- Wally’s Detective Kit Box (47 laminated and colored cue cards for teaching social skills, anger management and problem-solving concepts)
- Stickers (6 rolls: “Ask me how I shared,” “I can stop my anger,” “I’m good at listening,” “I can solve problems,” “I worked hard today,” & “I’m good at helping”)
- Feeling Faces Card set
- Dina Magnet
- Incredible Teachers Book
- Puppets sold separately. Puppets and other supplemental materials support and enhance the curriculum and program delivery and may be purchased separately.
Language Options
- English
- Norwegian
- Danish
- Finnish (Manual is English)
Training Information
Initial training prepares group leaders to deliver the program.
This training workshop will present in depth the Dina Dinosaur Child Social Skills, Emotional Regulation & Problem-Solving Training for Children designed by Dr. Webster-Stratton to help young children who have behavior problems. The program focuses on ways to promote children’s emotional literacy, anger management, appropriate conflict management strategies, expected classroom behaviors, and positive social skills or friendship behaviors with other children and adults.
The workshop will cover methods for working with small groups of children including role play, rehearsal, video and live modeling, group discussion, and small group activities. The intervention program is appropriate for use by therapists with small groups of children with behavior problems either in mental health centers or as “pull-out” programs in schools. The program has been shown to be effective in four randomized control group studies with families of children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder.
Key Research Outcomes
Research on the Incredible Years early intervention programs for children has indicated the following outcomes:
