Evaluating the Incredible Years School Readiness Parenting Programme - PROJECT OVERVIEW -
Background
There are increasing numbers of children arriving in school without the necessary social and self-regulatory skills. A lack of these skills can predict low academic achievement and poor relationships, leading to conduct problems. Although many Incredible Years (IY) Parenting Programmes have been found to reduce the occurrence of conduct problems, no
programme addresses specifically the dimensions of school readiness. The IY School Readiness programme was designed for this purpose but its effectiveness has never been researched.
The Programme
The Incredible Years School Readiness programme is a universal parenting programme that can be offered to all parents as their children start school. This two-part programme can be used as a stand-alone programme or supplemental to the BASIC Parent Programme and consists of four 2-hour weekly sessions delivered to parents through schools. The ultimate aims of the programme are to:
1. Improve children’s school readiness
2. Prevent children from developing later conduct problems and academic underachievement
3. Enhance home-school relationships.
The Evaluation Sample
4 schools will run the group with parents of 3 - 5 year old children during September 2010.
Recruitment
Two members of staff from each school will be trained by Prof. Judy Hutchings to deliver the programme to parents of nursery or reception class children. Prof. Hutchings will also
provide weekly supervision during the four-week programme for the intervention group and supervision can also be accessed for the control group. During July 2010, participating schools will give information to all families of 3-5 year old children starting nursery or
Blynyddoedd Rhyfeddol Cymru Ysgol Seicoleg Llawr Isaf Adeilad Nantlle Safle’r Normal Prifysgol Bangor Bangor Gwynedd. LL57 2PZ. Ffôn: 01248 383 758 Ffacs: 01248 382 652 E-bôst: [email protected] [email protected]
Incredible Years Wales School of Psychology Ground Floor Nantlle Building Normal Site Bangor University Bangor Gwynedd LL57 2PZ Tel: 01248 383 758 Fax: 01248 382 652 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]
reception class in September 2010. Each school will need to recruit approximately 6 parents to attend the course and participate in the evaluation.
A researcher will conduct an initial home visit to distribute information sheets and discuss the evaluation. Groups will run between September and October 2010 for four weeks.
Data Collection
The research team will arrange three 1-hour visits to the families over a period of 12 months (September 2010, March 2011, and September 2011). Data will be collected though home visits, where families will be asked to complete a battery of questionnaires and to undertake interactive play and reading with their child whilst being observed. Children will receive a bilingual book in their chosen language during each visit as a thank you to the family for their participation.
***Please note:
Incredible Years Wales will:
Loan each school a programme (i.e. DVDs etc) Provide all training materials
Not be able to pay for teachers cover Obtain school ethics to conduct the study Schools will:
Require 1-day training for their staff – they can sign up to a training day on May 19th
(free WAG day) or another free training day will run on September 30th
Receive information sheets about the study and a debrief report at the end of the study
Gwynedd Education will:
Receive a report at the end to give the results of the study Parents will
Receive information sheets and consent forms to complete Receive a debrief at the end with overall results
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Evaluating the Incredible Years School Readiness Parenting Programme - PROJECT OVERVIEW -
Background
There are increasing numbers of children arriving in school without the necessary social and self-regulatory skills. A lack of these skills can predict low academic achievement and poor relationships, leading to conduct problems. Although many Incredible Years (IY) Parenting Programmes have been found to reduce the occurrence of conduct problems, no
programme addresses specifically the dimensions of school readiness. The IY School Readiness programme was designed for this purpose but its effectiveness has never been researched.
The Programme
The Incredible Years School Readiness programme is a universal parenting programme that can be offered to all parents as their children start school. This two-part programme can be used as a stand-alone programme or supplemental to the BASIC Parent Programme and consists of four 2-hour weekly sessions delivered to parents through schools. The ultimate aims of the programme are to:
4. Improve children’s school readiness
5. Prevent children from developing later conduct problems and academic underachievement
6. Enhance home-school relationships.
The Evaluation Sample
4 schools will run the group with parents of 3 - 5 year old children during March 2011.
Recruitment
Two members of staff from each school will be trained by Prof. Judy Hutchings to deliver the programme. Prof. Hutchings will also provide weekly supervision in Bangor during the four- week programme. During January 2011, participating schools will give information to all families of 3 - 5 year old children who started nursery or reception class in September 2010. Each school will need to recruit approximately 6 parents to attend the course and participate in the evaluation.
Blynyddoedd Rhyfeddol Cymru Ysgol Seicoleg Llawr Isaf Adeilad Nantlle Safle’r Normal Prifysgol Bangor Bangor Gwynedd. LL57 2PZ. Ffôn: 01248 383 758 Ffacs: 01248 382 652 E-bôst: [email protected] [email protected]
Incredible Years Wales School of Psychology Ground Floor Nantlle Building Normal Site Bangor University Bangor Gwynedd LL57 2PZ Tel: 01248 383 758 Fax: 01248 382 652 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]
A researcher will conduct an initial home visit to distribute information sheets and discuss the evaluation. Groups will run within the schools during March 2011 for 4 weeks.
Data Collection
The research team will arrange three 1-hour visits to the families over a period of 12 months (February 2011, August 2011, and February 2012). Data will be collected though home visits, where families will be asked to complete a battery of questionnaires and to undertake interactive play and reading with their child whilst being observed. Children will receive a bilingual book in their chosen language during each visit as a thank you to the family for their participation.
***Please note:
Incredible Years Wales will:
Loan each school a programme (i.e. DVDs etc) Provide all training materials
Not be able to pay for teachers cover Obtain school ethics to conduct the study Schools will:
Require 1-day training for their staff – they can sign up to a training day on February 9th (free WAG day)
Receive information sheets about the study and a debrief report at the end of the study
Gwynedd/Conwy Education will:
Receive a report at the end to give the results of the study Parents will
Receive information sheets and consent forms to complete Receive a debrief at the end with overall results