Evaluating the Incredible Years Baby Programme

Catrin Hedd Jones Supervised by Dr David Daley, Dr Tracey Bywater School of Psychology Bangor University, Wales and Prof. Judy Hutchings (Incredible Years, Wales)

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arenting Coaching Programme

8 weekly group meetings  Parents attend with babies (0-7m)  Enhances developmental awareness  Encourages effective communication  Offers information on ‘Baby proofing’ the home  Offers parental support Aim: For my Ph.D. I will evaluate this new programme comparing outcomes from parents who have attended a infant group with those who haven’t. I wish to assess how supportive and useful this programme is for parents of very young children.

Proposed Parental Measures

 Bonding (M-I-B, Taylor et al 2005)  Parental Confidence (KCPS, Črnčec et al 2008)  Depression (EPDS, Cox et al, 1987)  Social support

Benefits for Service Providers

  Leader support and supervision Evaluation of programme

Proposed Child Measures

 Developmental assessment (Griffiths, 1996)  Temperament  Home observation

Parents

  Sharing knowledge and experiences Enhances Parenting confidence

Additional Measures

 Infant/ toddler HOME inventory (Caldwell &§ Bradley 2003)  Demographics  Safety

Research Plan

 April/ May 2010 Develop observational coding  June-August 2010 Field test measures, ethical approval and recruit partners  Recruit 3 groups in August 2010 & 3 groups in November 2010  2012 Analysis of data, conference presentations & dissertation

Participants

   parent dyads. +12 month

Babies

   Greater understanding of their needs Appropriate stimulation Improved home safety 72 Infant (0-7month old) & 2:1 Randomisation, 48 infant programme, 24 waiting list control (= toddler programme@18 mo.) Data at baseline,+ 6 month & Contact: Catrin Hedd Jones 01248382651,

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