Incredible Years Teachers

WHAT IS IT?

Incredible Years is a series of programmes for teachers that are intended to reduce challenging behaviours in children and to increase their social and self-control skills. If you have children with problem behaviour in your classroom, the Teacher Classroom Management Programme will provide you with strategies to help improve the way things are managed in your classroom, help you promote pro social behaviour in the children in your class and help you reduce a child’s aggression and non cooperation with their peers and teachers. 

WHERE INCREDIBLE YEARS CAME FROM

Incredible Years was started 25 years ago in the United States by  Dr Carolyn Webster-Stratton who is the Director of the University of  Washington’s Parenting Clinic in Seattle. Since then Incredible Years  has been applied in more than nine countries. It has been shown to work  across a range of ethnic groups. 

HOW WE KNOW IT WORKS 

The Incredible Years programme is evaluated using randomised control  groups. These have found that teachers use more proactive strategies  and less reactive strategies to address problem behaviour in the  classroom. For the children themselves, the programme effectively  reduces problematic behaviours and increases social, academic and  emotional competencies. These results have been independently  replicated in Wales and Chicago and there is more research under way. 

TIME COMMITMENT

You will need to be able to commit to six  one-day sessions held over six months.  Between each session you will be able to  practise what you have learnt and gain  feedback from the Group leader. There is a  follow-up one-day session three months after  you have completed the programme.

HOW TO REGISTER

Incredible Years is for teachers of ncredible Years is for teachers of Primary and Intermediate aged children. Tuawhitu o Akarana | RTLB Cluster 7 runs up to 4 courses a year in our central Auckland office. If you are interested in enrolling, please talk to your RTLB liaison or email iy@rtlb7.school.nz  Ideally you should have a minimum of two teachers enrolled from your school for the programme to be most effective.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT/COSTS  

The Ministry of Education will pay your  school a teacher reliever fee of $1000 for  each teacher so that you can be released to  do the six day programme. 

Your school will need to fund the follow-up  day. 

Other resources including the course textbook, handouts and catering will be  provided free of charge.

Visit www.incredibleyears.com or Incredible Years Teacher TKI for more information about the Incredible Years programmes.

Incredible Years Teachers - Autism 

We know that children on the autism spectrum are more likely than their peers to have behaviour issues and that it’s the key adults in a child’s life who have the biggest impact and can make the greatest change. 

WHAT IS IT?

Incredible Years Autism for Teachers is a group based programme for teachers of children aged two to five on the autism spectrum. It aims to help you engage with children in ways that encourage emotional self-regulation, and support their communication skills. You’ll also learn to build their social skills and empathy and help them form positive relationships.

The teacher programme is one of two programmes that are specifically designed to support the key adults in the lives of children on the autism spectrum. The other is Incredible Years Autism for parents which helps caregivers build their parenting skills and confidence. This is provided by the Ministry of Education.

Ideally, both you and the parents should take part in the programmes to support the child together as partners. However this may not always be possible, so parents and teachers also have the option of participating in the programmes independently.

how it works

Teachers meet every one to two weeks, over a period of six half day sessions to look at evidence-based behaviour strategies. During these collaborative sessions you will develop and implement goals based on the developmental needs of the children you support.

The programme uses multiple learning approaches including video modelling, group discussion and support, practice activities within sessions, home activities, reading assignments, self-monitoring checklists, goal setting, and group leader teaching and support.

If you are interested in enrolling, please talk to your RTLB liaison, email iy@rtlb7.school.nz or you could register your interest here