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Empowering Parents: An 8-Week Coaching Programme for New Parents and Infants

Join our 8-week Parenting Coaching Programme, designed for parents with babies aged 0-7 months. This initiative enhances developmental awareness and encourages effective communication between parents and their infants. Participants will learn crucial techniques for baby-proofing their homes and receive vital parental support. Supervised by experts from Bangor University, the programme aims to evaluate the benefits of attending an infant group versus not attending. Our structured approach assesses various parental and child development measures to promote confidence and understanding.

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Empowering Parents: An 8-Week Coaching Programme for New Parents and Infants

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  1. 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 Evaluating the Incredible Years Baby ProgrammeCatrinHedd JonesSupervised by Dr David Daley, Dr Tracey Bywater School of PsychologyBangor University, Wales and Prof. Judy Hutchings (Incredible Years, Wales) 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 • Participants • 72 Infant (0-7month old) & • parent dyads. • 2:1 Randomisation, • 48 infant programme, • 24 waiting list control • (= toddler programme@18 mo.) • Data at baseline,+ 6 month & • +12 month • 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 Contact: CatrinHedd Jones 01248382651, pspae8@bangor.ac.uk or visit our website www.incredibleyearswales.co.uk

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