Evaluating a Shortened Version of the Incredible Years (IY) Basic Programme in a Non-clinical Community Sample

The IY parent training programme (3-8 years) developed by Webster-Stratton at the Parenting Clinic, University of Washington, is a manualised and video-based training programme for parents of young children with conduct problems (Webster-Stratton and Reid, 2003a). Parents assigned to the short IY Basic (S-IY) condition were divided into groups of 10-12 parents. The S-IY was led by two experienced group leaders and parents met weekly for two-hour sessions at a public health care center in the community. The group leaders led discussions regarding central aspects of parenting on the basis of the video vignettes, role play and homework.