1. 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)
Parenting 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
Proposed Child Measures
Developmental assessment (Griffiths, 1996)
Temperament
Home observation
Additional Measures
Infant/ toddler HOME inventory (Caldwell &§
Bradley 2003)
Demographics
Safety
Benefits for
Service Providers
Leader support and supervision
Evaluation of programme
Parents
Sharing knowledge and
experiences
Enhances Parenting confidence
Babies
Greater understanding of their
needs
Appropriate stimulation
Improved home 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
72 Infant (0-7month old) &
parent dyads.
2:1 Randomisation,
48 infant programme,
24 waiting list control
(= toddler mo.)
Data at baseline,+ 6 month &
+12 month
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