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Results from the Incredible Years School Age Programme for children aged 8+ years

Results from the Incredible Years School Age Programme for children aged 8+ years. Margiad Elen Williams. Pathfinders project. Funded 2006 to support 18 Authorities, six with the school aged IY parent programme First trial of the school age programme with older age range. The Programme.

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Results from the Incredible Years School Age Programme for children aged 8+ years

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  1. Results from the Incredible Years School Age Programme for children aged 8+ years Margiad Elen Williams

  2. Pathfinders project • Funded 2006 to support 18 Authorities, six with the school aged IY parent programme • First trial of the school age programme with older age range

  3. The Programme • 18 sessions (School Age Basic + Advanced adult relationship programme) • Delivered by 6 Authorities some with no or limited IY experience • Targeted 8+ years but delivered to wider age range • Training, supervision and mentoring provided (co-ordinated from Bangor)

  4. Sample - children • N = 300 aged between 8 – 16 years • Mean age 10.5 (SD 1.63)

  5. Sample - parents

  6. Measures • Child Behaviour Measures • Eyberg Child Behaviour Inventory (ECBI) • Strengths & Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) • Parenting Skills • Arnold-O’Leary Parenting Scale • Parental Depression • Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) • Sample Characteristics • Personal Data & Health Questionnaire (PDHQ2)

  7. Results • Analysis run for using available pre- and post-data (approx 50%) plus Intention To Treat (ITT) analysis • Unfunded study data collected by service delivery staff • Significant improvements on all measures, also demonstrated in ITT analysis

  8. Baseline

  9. Child Behaviour Results • Child behaviour problems reduced to under clinical cut-off

  10. Child Behaviour Results 2 • Improvements in child behaviour also seen on the SDQ.

  11. Parental Depression Results • Significant reductions in parental depression

  12. Parenting Skills Results • Significant improvements in parenting skills

  13. Baseline vs. Follow-up

  14. Mediator/Moderator • What was bringing about the change and for whom? • Mediator – improvements in parenting skills mediated improvements in child behaviour • Moderator – usual risk factors, teen parent, single parent, drug/alcohol, poverty, parental depression did NOT predict child behaviour outcomes all did equally well • Family history of crime did reduce child behaviour outcomes

  15. Conclusions • Results demonstrate that the programme is effective in improving children’s problem behaviours • Also effective in improving parental mental health and parenting skills • The programme is effective for older children and their parents

  16. Future recommendations • A Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) is now needed • Many remained above clinical cut-off levels. 18 session programme is the minimum for use with older age group.

  17. Thank you for listening Any questions? Email: pspad4@bangor.ac.uk Address: Nantlle Building, Normal Site, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2PZ

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