The Incredible Years - Teacher Classroom Management Program
Problems addressed
Externalizing behaviors/problems
Low social–emotional competences
Effectiveness

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Promising

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Life periods served
Children (4 to 13 years)
Early childhood (0 to 3 years)
Where the program was applied
Education establishment
Country of application
United Kingdom
Jamaica
Description

This is a school-based program for training teachers to learn positive and proactive education strategies in the classroom, as well as how to deal with inappropriate student behavior.
The program includes strategies to help teachers remain calm when faced with inappropriate student behavior, find ways to build a support network with other teachers, implement actions to strengthen the collaboration process among colleagues, and increase positive communication with parents.

Impact evaluations

An impact evaluation showed that the program led to a statistically significant reduction in students’ disruptive behavior and conduct problems, both at home (with mothers and fathers) and at school [1] [2]. An improvement in the development of social and emotional skills was also observed [1]. However, there was no significant effect on deviant behavior or prosocial behavior [2].

Bibliographic reference

[1] Baker-Henningham, H., Scott, S., Jones, K. & Walker, S. (2012). Reducing child conduct problems and promoting social skills in a middle-income country: Cluster randomised controlled trial. The British Journal of Psychiatry: The Journal of Mental Science, 201, 101–108. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.111.096834

[2] Hutchings, J., Martin-Forbes, P., Daley, D. & Williams, M. E. (2013). A randomized controlled trial of the impact of a teacher classroom management program on the classroom behavior of children with and without behavior problems. Journal of School Psychology, 51(5), 571–585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2013.08.001

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