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Implementation of Incredible Years: Major Issues. Mark Morgan Great Expectations y oungballymun’s 3 rd Annual Conference November 14 th 2011. Overview. Background and rationale of IY Evidence base and implementation Whole School Approach Action research in the present study
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Implementation of Incredible Years: Major Issues Mark Morgan Great Expectations youngballymun’s 3rd Annual Conference November 14th 2011
Overview • Background and rationale of IY • Evidence base and implementation • Whole School Approach • Action research in the present study • Achievement so far.. • Lessons learned: effects on school performance
The Incredible Years Programme • Foundation of social-emotional approaches: Thinking, feeling and behaving • Components of the programme • Evidence basis in randomised control designs • Youngballymun ..background research and collaboration of partners
Whole School approach • Success in interventions • Effects on innovations • Professional development communities • Context of IY programme • Indicators of success • Stages of implementation
Implementation of IY in Target Schools in Ballymun:Individual Components & Stages of Whole-School Ownership
Facilitating and Challenging Factors • Planning and gradual introduction • Interagency collaboration • Sustaining momentum • Challenges: Personnel • Challenges: The curriculum • Issues of fidelity and flexibility
What has been learned? • Implementation matters • Whole school approach • Link with academic achievement • Findings in related research • Implications for project and the national debate