Nursery World - Positive moves for parenting

A parenting programme that originated more than 25 years ago in the United States has been hailed as a success in helping parents in Wales to manage children's challenging behaviour. The positive results of the BASIC Parenting Programme, part of the Incredible Years parent, child and teacher programmes, were unveiled by the University of Wales' Centre for Promoting the Incredible Years Programmes at a conference on behaviour in Bangor last week.

The positive results of the BASIC Parenting Programme, part of the Incredible Years parent, child and teacher programmes, were unveiled by the University of Wales' Centre for Promoting the Incredible Years Programmes at a conference on behaviour in Bangor last week.

The study was carried out by Dr Judy Hutchings, who received a 250,000 grant from the Health Foundation to research the effectiveness of the programme with children aged three to four who are at high risk of developing behavioural problems.

Results show that parents who attend the two-hour weekly sessions for 12 weeks gain new parenting skills and find their children far better behaved and easier to manage, with significant improvements in compliance with parents' instructions.

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