Judy Hutchings and Bridget Large

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Judy Hutchings and Bridget Large

• Incredible Years Programme Update

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Encouraging Social, Emotional, Academic and
Problem Solving Skills

• School readiness is A multidimensional
  construct defined as childrens engagement in
  learning, emotion-regulation, communication and
  language skills, social competence and
  pre-literacy skills,

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How to achieve this? by providing support to
parents to enable them to build these
competencies in these children.

• Two tapes four sessions based on the normal IY
  parenting structure

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School readiness

• Increase childrens social skills (sharing,
  taking turns etc.
• Increase childrens problem solving skills
• Increase childrens emotional literacy
• Increase childrens academic skills
• To promote childrens pre-reading skills

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Interactive reading

• Increase childrens word recognition
• Increase childrens vocabulary and pre-literacy
  skills
• Increase childrens enjoyment, motivation and
  self-confidence on reading
• Increase childrens imaginative and creative
  story telling

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• This can be offered as four six sessions stand
  alone sessions or integrated into the basic or
  young school aged programmes (this latter option
  should be used with families with poor
  attachment, prior abuse, or social deprivation

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How it could be used

• Universally with parents of 3 8 year olds
• With the BASIC for parents of 3 8 year old
  children with behaviour problems
• Parents at risk of abuse or neglect (with the
  basic)
• Teenagers taking child care courses
• Child-care workers and day care providers

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Sessions titles

• 1. Academic and social skills coaching
• 2. Emotion coaching
• 3. Reading with CARE building blocks (Commenting,
  Asking, Responding, Expanding)
• 4. Using books to promote social skills and
  emotional understanding

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Pathfinder 812 years old programme

• Drawn from the current school aged and advanced
  programmes
• Leader Agenda Protocols and Checklists
• 16-18 Session 2-hour Group Format
• Suggested guideline for completing the entire
  program in 16-18 2-hour weekly sessions.

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• Session One Importance of Parental Attention and
  Special Time
• Session Two Importance of Parental Attention and
  Special Time (continued)
• Session Three Effective Praise and Encouragement
  
• Session Four Using Tangible Reward Programs to
  Motivate Your Child
• Session Five Supporting Your Childs Education
• Session Six Predictable Learning Routines and
  Clear Limit Setting
• Session Seven Ignoring Misbehaviour
• Session Eight Time Out and Other Consequences

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• Session Nine Other Consequences
• Session Ten Communication - Listening and
  Speaking Up
• Session Eleven Personal Self-Control and
  Depression Management
• Session Twelve Giving and Getting Support
• Session Thirteen Problem Solving for Adults
• Session Fourteen Problem Solving with Teachers
• Session Fifteen Problem Solving with Children
• Session Sixteen Problem Solving with Children
  Family Meetings