Developing the Incredible Years Webster-Stratton Parenting Skills Training Programme for Use with Adoptive Families

Developing the Incredible Years Webster-Stratton Parenting Skills Training Programme for Use with Adoptive Families

Kay Henderson, Norma Sargent · Adoption & Fostering

Four Incredible Years courses at Coram Family were adapted for adoptive families. The evaluation collected parent reports and observations of adoption-related issues raised in sessions. Parents reported reductions in children’s hyperactivity, conduct and behavioural difficulties after the courses.

Limitations: Parents rated the children’s outcomes; children did not supply the reported evidence. The abstract does not provide sample size or a controlled comparison. Programme content was being developed during the evaluation, limiting conclusions about a fixed intervention. Inclusion concerns measured child outcomes, not parents’ satisfaction or stress. The programme was delivered at Coram Family and developed with Coram Adoption Service and the Anna Freud Centre. This is a provider-associated evaluation published in an adoption-sector journal.

Research type

Programme development and pre/post evaluation

Source reviewed

Abstract

Peer reviewed

Yes

Age group

Mixed