The Self-Administered Incredible Years Parent Training Program: Perceived Effectiveness, Acceptability, and Integrity With Children Exhibiting Symptoms of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (Imp

Ogg, J. A., & Carlson, J. S. (2009). The self-administered Incredible Years Parent Training Program: Perceived effectiveness, acceptability, and integrity with children exhibiting symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Evidence-Based Practices for Schools, 10(2), 143–166.

This study examined the perceived effectiveness, acceptability, and integrity of the self-administered format of the Incredible Years Parent Training Program, for children exhibiting behaviors associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. To assess perceived effectiveness, an AB pretest-posttest design was used across 10 weeks. Improvements in parents' ratings of adaptive skills were replicated across five participants. Perceptions of change in core symptoms and other peripheral symptoms were less consistent, yet the findings are promising. Parents' treatment acceptability ratings were favorable. Treatment integrity was high, with the exception of the completion of the workbook forms. Transporting this cost-effective evidence-based intervention to school-based mental health service delivery systems warrants additional consideration. 

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