TY - JOUR

T1 - A Feasibility Evaluation of the Incredible Years (R) School Readiness Parenting Programme

AU - Hutchings, Judy

AU - Pye, Kirstie

AU - Bywater, Tracey-Jane

AU - Williams, Margiad

N1 - The study was funded by a 125th Anniversary PhD scholarship from the School of Psychology, Bangor University and the Children’s Early Intervention Trust.

PY - 2020/1/20

Y1 - 2020/1/20

N2 - Parental involvement in their children’s education, including activities undertaken by parents at home and through strong links with their children’s schools, contributes to children’s academic attainment. This study examined whether it was feasible for school-based staff to deliver the Incredible Years® School Readiness parent programme (IY-SR) in schools, its acceptability to parents and teachers, its impact on home-school relationships, and preliminary programme impact. Thirty-two parents with a child in a nursery or reception class were recruited from eight schools. Group leaders and parents gave positive feedback about the programme and parental attendance on the programme was high. There were also significant increases in parents’ use of praise and children’s positive responses. This is the first study to demonstrate the feasibility of engaging schools to deliver the IY-SR programme as a means of promoting home-school relationships and providing parents with the skills to coach their children’s school readiness skills.

AB - Parental involvement in their children’s education, including activities undertaken by parents at home and through strong links with their children’s schools, contributes to children’s academic attainment. This study examined whether it was feasible for school-based staff to deliver the Incredible Years® School Readiness parent programme (IY-SR) in schools, its acceptability to parents and teachers, its impact on home-school relationships, and preliminary programme impact. Thirty-two parents with a child in a nursery or reception class were recruited from eight schools. Group leaders and parents gave positive feedback about the programme and parental attendance on the programme was high. There were also significant increases in parents’ use of praise and children’s positive responses. This is the first study to demonstrate the feasibility of engaging schools to deliver the IY-SR programme as a means of promoting home-school relationships and providing parents with the skills to coach their children’s school readiness skills.

KW - Feasibility

KW - Parenting

KW - School readiness

KW - Teachers

U2 - 10.5093/pi2020a2

DO - 10.5093/pi2020a2

M3 - Article

VL - 29

SP - 83

EP - 91

JO - Psychosocial Intervention

JF - Psychosocial Intervention

SN - 1132-0559

IS - 2

ER -