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1............................................. Croeso / Welcome

2............................................. Amserlen / Timetable

3............................................. Cyflwyniad / Introduction

4............................................. Abstracts of Presentations

8............................................. Speaker Biographies

11............................................. CEBEI Awards and Recognition 2014

12............................................. Nodiadau / Notes

- CYNNWYS - CONTENTS -

Mae’n bleser mawr gennyf eich croesawu iGynhadledd CEBEI eleni ac, yn arbennig croesawuAlun Ffred Jones, AC, ein Aelod Cynulliad lleol acun sydd wedi cefnogi gwaith CEBEI ers cryn amser.Croeso cynnes yn ogystal i’n cyfranwyr rhyngwladolo Norwy, Portiwgal a De Affrica.

Mewn sawl ffordd mae wedi bod yn flwyddynbrysur a chynhyrchiol arall i’r Ganolfan, sydd nawryn ei phedwaredd flwyddyn ar bymtheg. Yn anaddim, mae wedi parhau i lwyddo i weithio gydadarparwyr gwasanaethau lleol a sefydlu tystiolaethdros wahanol strategaethau ymyrraeth gynnar addefnyddir ar hyd a lled Cymru. Mae hyn yn rhanbwysig o waith yr Ysgol Seicoleg yn gwellabywydau rhai o’r teuluoedd mwyaf difreintiedig yngNghymru. Mae’r gwaith hwn yn cael ei hwyluso a’ibarhau ar hyn o bryd mewn treialon gyda rhaglenar y we ar fagu plant ac ymyriad un-i-un YmwelwyrIechyd gyda rhieni plant sydd ag ymddygiad heriol.

Rydym yn falch hefyd o waith tramor aelodau o’rGanolfan ac yn ystod y flwyddyn ddiwethafllwyddodd Dr Helen Henningham i gael cyllid ganGrand Challenges Canada ar gyfer rhaglenniysgogiad cynnar gyda rhieni mewn nifer o wledyddlle mae cyflogau’n isel, yn cynnwys Jamaica aBangladesh. Yr un pryd mae Judy Hutchings ynparhau i weithio â Phrifysgolion Rhydychen a CapeTown i ddatblygu ac ymchwilio rhaglen ar faguplant ar gyfer De Affrica.

Yn 2012 fe wnaeth y Ganolfan gefnogi sefydlurhaglen gwrth-fwlio KiVa mewn ysgolion ledledCymru ac yn yr arbrawf peilot llwyddiannus mewn17 o ysgolion gwelwyd gostyngiadau sylweddolmewn adroddiadau am fwlio. Mae’r project RCT, agyllidir gan y Loteri, yn parhau gyda’r gwaith hwnmewn partneriaeth â’r Dartington Social ResearchUnit i weithio gydag ugain ysgol ledled Cymru sy’ncymryd rhan mewn arbrawf rheoledig ar hap.

Yn olaf, ar ran yr Ysgol Seicoleg, hoffwn ddiolch i’rtîm CEBEI am drefnu’r gynhadledd hon ac am euhymrwymiad parhaus i blant a theuluoedd.

Dr John ParkinsonPennaeth Gweithredol yr Ysgol Seicoleg Prifysgol Bangor.

It gives me pleasure to welcome you to this year’sCEBEI Conference and in particular to welcomeAlun Ffred Jones, AM, our local Assembly Memberand long time supporter of the work of CEBEI andalso our international contributors from Norway,Portugal and South Africa.

It has been another busy and productive year for theCentre, now in its 19th year, in several ways, notleast is its continued success in working with localservice providers and establishing evidence forvarious early intervention strategies in use acrossWales. This represents an important part of the workof the School of Psychology in improving the livesof some of the most disadvantaged families inWales. This work is currently being taken forwardin trials of a web-based parenting programme and aone-to-one Health Visitor intervention with parentsof children with challenges.

We are also proud of the overseas work of Centremembers and during the past year Dr HelenHenningham has been successful in obtaining fundsfrom Grand Challenges Canada for early stimulationprogrammes with parents in a number of low-income countries, including Jamaica andBangladesh. At the same time Judy Hutchings iscontinuing to work with Oxford and Cape TownUniversities to develop and research a Parentingprogramme for Southern Africa.

In 2012 the Centre supported the establishment ofthe KiVa Anti-bullying programme in schools acrossWales and the successful pilot trial in 17 schoolsshowed significant reductions in reported bullying.The Lottery funded RCT project, started in 2013,continues this work in partnership with theDartington Social Research Unit to work withtwenty schools from across Wales participating in arandomised controlled trial.

Finally, on behalf of the School of Psychology, Iwould like to thank the CEBEI team for organisingthe conference and for their ongoing commitmentto children and families.

Dr John ParkinsonActing Head of School of PsychologyBangor University.

- CROESO - WELCOME -

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Centre for Evidence Based Early Intervention North Wales Conference:

Supporting Parents, Children and Teachers: research and practice

Bangor 10thApril 2014.

9.00 Registration

9.15 Opening remarks and welcome

Dr John Parkinson,Acting Head, School of Psychology, Bangor University

9.25 Official opening

Alun Ffred Jones AM, National Assembly for Wales Member for Arfon

9.35 2014 CEBEI Awards for Incredible People

Alun Ffred Jones AM, National Assembly for Wales Member for Arfon

9.45 Lucy Akhtar, Welsh Government

Family Support – Welsh Government Perspective

10.00 Dr Helen Henningham, Co-director, CEBEI and School of Psychology, Bangor University

Reducing Inequalities and Improving Developmental Outcomes for Young Children in

Low and Middle Income Countries

10.30 - 11.00 The Incredible Years Child and Teacher programmes

10.30 Professor Judy Hutchings, Director, CEBEI and School of Psychology, Bangor University

The Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management and Small Group Dina trials:

Summary and results

10.45 Margaret Collins, Heronsbridge School, Bridgend

Incredible Years - The Story So Far

11.00 -11.30 Tea/Coffee

11.30 - 12.30 Incredible Years – research and progress in parenting trials

11.30 Bridget Roberts, Child Psychologist, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

The Birmingham Incredible Years Trial

11.45 Siri Gammelsaeter, Trondheim, Norway

The Implementation of the Incredible Years Attentive Parenting Programme in Norway

12.00 Dr Sue Evans, Powys Teaching Health Board

Results from the Incredible Years Baby Programme in Powys

12.15 Melanie Davis

A Long-term Parent Perspective on the Incredible Years Parenting Programme

12.30 Professor Maria João Seabra Santos, University of Coimbra, Portugal

The ADHD Trial in Portugal

12.45 – 1.45 Lunch and posters

1.45 – 3.30 Afternoon session - Other programmes and developments

1.45 Margiad Williams, School of Psychology, Bangor University

Evaluating the EPaS 2014 Programme and an E-version of the Little Parent Handbook

2.00 Professor Willy-Tore Mørch, Professor of Clinical Psychology, Tromsø University, Norway,

Development of an Ombudsman for Children in East Africa

2.15 Jamie McLaren Lachman, University of Oxford

The Sinovuyo Programme for Parents of Children Aged 3-8 years

2.30 Dr Caroline White, Head of CAPS Early Intervention, Central Manchester University

Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Video Interaction Guidance (VIG): What is it???

2.45 Suzy Clarkson, School of Psychology, Bangor University

The KiVa Anti-bullying Programme Pilot Trial and RCT

3.00 Plenary session with feedback from delegates chaired by Professor Judy Hutchings,

Director, CEBEI and School of Psychology, Bangor University

3.30 Close

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- AMSERLEN - TIMETABLE -

Croeso i Gynhadledd Bangor 2014 Ganolfan Ymyrraeth

Cynnar ar Sail Tystiolaeth. Eleni mae gennym nifer o

siaradwyr gwadd a fydd yn cyflwyno eu gwaith gyda nifer

o wahanol raglenni.

Mae ein prosiect yn dadansoddi’r rhaglen Gwrth-fwlio KiVa

yng Nghymru yn pathau. Gyda chymorth gan Lywodraeth

Cymru, fe wnaethom ymgymryd peilot o’r rhaglen yma

gyda chanlyniadau arwyddocaol yn nhermau gostyngiadau

mewn lefelau bwlio ac erledigaeth ac rydym nawr wrthi

gyda treial rheoledig ar hap wedi’i gyllido gan y Loteri

gydag Dartington Social Research Unit mewn ugain ysgol

yng Nghymru.

Croeso i Jamie Lachman fydd yn siarad am ein cysylltiadau

ymchwil gyda De Affrica. Rydym hefyd wedi dechrau

gweithio ar brosiect i ddatblygu rhaglen rhiantu ar y we yn

seiliedig ar y Llawlyfr Bach Rhieni ag ar ddilyniant i’r

prosiect Sefydliad Waterloo i ddarparu rhaglen i gefnogi

gweithwyr proffesiynol mewn gwaith un-i-un gyda

theuluoedd plant ag heriau datblygiadol.

Rydym nawr yn ein bedwaredd flwyddyn ar ddeg o’r

rhaglenni BRh yng Nghymru yn eu hymchwilio a chefnogi

rhieni, plant ag athrawon ar draws y Dywysogaeth. Mae ein

ymchwil yng ngwasanaethau Cychwyn Cadarn yng

Ngogledd a Canolbarth Cymru yn parhau i gael dylanwad

tu hwnt i Gymru.

Buasem unwaith yn rhagor yn hoff o ymestyn croeso i Alun

Ffred Jones, ein Aelod Cynulliad lleol, a diolch iddo am

gytuno i agor y diwrnod.

Yn ogystal â chael siaradwyr o Loegr, Portiwgal a Norwy,

mae ein cynhadledd yn rhoi cyfle i bobl rwydweithio gyda,

a chefnogi, eu gilydd. O ein safle ym Mangor, rydym yn

parhau i hyrwyddo rhaglenni yn siliedig ar dystiolaeth i

gefnogi plant ag i ddarparu cymhorth a chyngor parhaus.

Yn olaf, diolch i pawb yn nhîm CYCST ym Mangor, ag yn

enwedig Dilys, ein gweinyddwraig. Maent yn gweithio yn

ddiflino ag yn gydweithrediadol iawn i ddelio gyda’r holl

ofynion ag ymholiadau ynglŷn â’n hyfforddiant a gwaith

ymchwil. Mwynhewch y diwrnod ag ymunwch â ni i

ddathlu ein gwaith cefnogi rhieni, plant ag athrawon trwy

gydol Cymru.

Judy Hutchings.

Ebrill 2014

Welcome to the 2014 Centre for Evidence Based Early

Intervention Bangor Conference. This year we have a

number of visiting speakers who will be talking about their

work with a variety of different programmes.

Our ongoing funded project is our work to evaluate the

KiVa Anti-bullying programme in Wales. With Welsh

Government support we piloted this programme with

significant results in terms of reduced reported bullying and

victimisation and we are now well into our lottery funded

RCT with the Dartington Social Research Unit in twenty

schools in Wales.

Welcome to Jamie Lachman who will be talking about our

research links with South Africa. We have also started work

on a project to develop a web-based Parenting programme

based on the Little Parent Handbook and on a follow-up to

the Waterloo Foundation project to provide a programme to

support professionals in one-to-one work with families of

children with developmental challenges.

We are in our fourteenth year of using the IY programmes

in Wales researching them and supporting parents, children

and teachers across the Principality. Our research, in Sure

Start Services in North and Mid Wales, continues to have

impact well beyond Wales.

We would like, once again, to extend a special welcome to

Alun Ffred Jones, our local Assembly Member, and thank

him for agreeing to open the day.

As well as having speakers from England, Portugal and

Norway, our conference provides an opportunity for people

to network with, and support, one another. From our base,

in Bangor, we continue to promote evidence-based

programmes to support children and to provide on-going

support and advice.

Finally thanks to all of the CEBEI team at Bangor, and

especially Dilys, our administrator. They all work tirelessly

and very collaboratively to cope with the many demands

and enquiries about our training and research activities.

Enjoy the day and join us in celebrating the work to support

parents, children and teachers that is going on throughout

Wales.

Judy Hutchings

April 2014

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Lucy Akhtar, Policy Development Around Family Support and Positive Parenting, Welsh Government

Title: Family Support – Welsh Government Perspective

Abstract:

Lucy will provide an outline of the Welsh Government’s priorities; the Welsh Government’s approach to family support

and an outline of recent evaluation evidence around Families First and Flying Start.

Dr Helen Henningham, Co-Director, CEBEI and School of Psychology, Bangor University

Title: Reducing Inequalities and Improving Developmental Outcomes for Young Children in Low and Middle Income

Countries

Abstract:

It has been estimated that over 200 million children under five years of age in low and middle-income countries (LAMIC)

are not reaching their developmental potential due to poverty, poor health and nutrition. Poor early child development

(ECD) predicts lower educational attainment, lower adult income and poorer parenting and thus perpetuates the cycle

of poverty. In this presentation I will present evidence for inequality between and within countries and review strategies

for reducing these inequalities and preventing the loss of children’s developmental potential. Evidence of the economic

benefits of early childhood interventions will also be presented. Information is now essential on how to implement these

interventions on a large scale. I will describe an ongoing project being conducted in three Caribbean countries (Jamaica,

Antigua and St Lucia) in which we are evaluating two approaches to early intervention that would be feasible for

implementation at scale and briefly describe other approaches to scaling up ECD interventions that we will be

implementing and evaluating in Colombia and Bangladesh.

Professor Judy Hutchings, Director, CEBEI and School of Psychology, Bangor University

Title: The IY Teacher Classroom Management and Small Group Dina trials: Summary and results

Abstract:

This paper briefly describes the establishment and evaluation of the IY Teacher Classroom Management (TCM)

programme and Small Group Dinosaur School therapeutic (DINA) programme when delivered by teachers to identified

KS1 children with social and/or emotional difficulties.

The TCM programme was first piloted in Wales in 2004 and subsequently, following a decision by Gwynedd Council

to undertake wide scale roll out, was the subject of a small RCT which demonstrated significantly reduced teacher

negatives to children and clearer teacher commands. In addition children showed more on-task child behaviour, less

negative behaviour towards teachers and generally more positive behaviour than control classes.

The therapeutic DINA programme was implemented by teachers with identified children in KS1 classes in schools in

which teachers had received prior TCM training and where the universal Classroom Dina curriculum was being delivered

as part of the PSHE curriculum. Building on a pilot trial in one school an RCT DINA trial was undertaken in 22 schools

and demonstrated that, over and above improvements reported for the whole sample, intervention children produced

significantly more solutions and significantly more pro-social solutions to problems. In addition they were significantly

more likely to meet teacher set social-emotional targets over the school year than control children. This is the first trial

where Small Group Dina has been added to the TCM and Classroom programmes and provides preliminary evidence to

suggest that there are benefits to targeting high-risk young children for additional PSHE curriculum lessons alongside

the universal school provision.

Margaret Collins, Heronsbridge School, Bridgend

Title: Incredible Years - The Story So Far

Abstract:

A consistent rolling programme of the TCM training was born from the ‘Unlocking the Potential of Special Schools’

project. Services worked together (Heronsbridge School and the Bridgend Inclusion Service) and reached approximately

130 pre-school and primary staff since 2011.

The Incredible Years strategies have become embedded in the heart and soul of Heronsbridge.

The presentation includes examples of how this positively impacts on teaching methods within the school setting, training

initiatives for parents, and support solutions for reaching out across the school population of Bridgend from now and

into the future.

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Bridget Roberts, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

Title: Researching and rolling out the IY Parent programme in Birmingham

Authors: Bridget Roberts, Judy Hutchings and Sue Evans

Abstract:

CEBEI was recruited to provide support to Birmingham for delivery of the Incredible Years BASIC Parent programme.

This was one of three programmes that were trialled in RCT studies that were undertaken as part of the Birmingham

Brighter Futures strategy and evaluated by the Dartington Social Research Unit. The IY programme was delivered with

fidelity with training, supervision and resources provided from the CEBEI Centre.

Parents of 161 three and four year old children, whose behaviour was viewed by their parents as being cause for concern

were recruited to the trial and randomised on a 2:1 basis to intervention or wait-list control conditions. The results showed

significant outcomes for parent rated child behaviour and reduced negative parenting.

The good outcomes resulted in the further development of use of the IY Parent programme. As a result the programme

has received continued Brighter Futures funding in a city-wide strategy based in Children’s Centres across the city.

Further leaders have been trained and Birmingham has built an infrastructure of support within the Authority.

Siri Gammelsaeter, Trondheim, Norway

Title: The Implementation of the Incredible Years Attentive Parenting Programme in Norway

Abstract:

The Incredible Years Attentive Parenting Programme is a universal prevention programme, now being implemented in

Norway. The Norwegian Directory of Health, in line with the Norwegian emphasis on prevention work for young children

and their families, supports the implementation of the programme.

This presentation contains a brief overview of the Attentive Parenting Programme, the rationale for implementing the

programme and our implementation strategies.

Dr Sue Evans, Consultant Child Psychologist, Powys Teaching Health Board

Title: Results from The Incredible Years Baby Programme in Powys

Abstract:

Sue will discuss the development of all of the Incredible Years programmes in Powys and talk specifically about

outcomes from the IY Baby programme.

Melanie Davis, Parent

Title: A Long-term Parent Perspective on the Incredible Years Parenting Programme

In 2000 Melanie attended the very first IY programme in Wales and has continued to make use of the IY principles.

In 2011 She received an Incredible Parent award.

Professor Maria João Seabra Santos, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Title: The Incredible Years Parenting Program: Efficacy in a sample of Portuguese pre-schoolers with AD/HD behaviours

Authors:Maria J. Seabra Santos, Andreia Azevedo, Filomena Gaspar, Tatiana Homem

Abstract:

The main aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of the IY BASIC Programme in a sample of Portuguese pre-schoolers at

risk of developing hyperactivity, and their mothers, as well as the extent to which these effects were maintained 12 months after

baseline. Parents of one hundred children aged 3 to 6 years of age drawn from different clinical or community contexts participated.

Fifty-two children were allocated to an experimental group and 48 to a waiting-list control group. This longitudinal study involved

assessments in three different timepoints (pre, post and follow-up). In addition to the initial socio-demographic and clinical data,

the assessment included multiple informants (parents, pre-school teachers, and independent assessors), multiple methods (self-

report and report of children’s behaviour, interview, and direct observation) and different dimensions (child hyperactivity behaviours

as primary results; and parental sense of competence, parental practices, and parent-child interaction as secondary results). Measures

of participants’ satisfaction were also obtained. The programme was implemented over 14 weekly sessions of 2 hours, in groups

of 9 to 12 parents, led by two facilitators with specific training in the programme and prior experience of applying it.

The main results were as follows: i. a significant post-intervention reduction in reported ADHD behaviours amongst the children

whose parents had received the intervention, compared to children on the waiting list. Mothers perceived themselves to be more

competent, reported fewer dysfunctional parenting practices, and demonstrated more positive parenting and coaching skills in the

mother-child interaction observation task; ii. At 12-month follow-up, the intervention effects were maintained. However, mothers’

coaching skills had waned, whilst the hyperactivity behaviours as assessed through the interview continued to decrease. iii. These

effects were accompanied by significant clinical changes. iv. Attendance rates were high, and so was reported satisfaction and

acceptance of the programme. These results suggest that the IY Parent Programme is a valid early-intervention option to be

considered when defining future national preventive intervention policies.

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Margiad Williams, School of Psychology, Bangor University

Title: Evaluating the EPaS 2014 programme and an e-version of the Little Parent Handbook

Abstract:

This presentation will introduce a new PhD study with two projects in mind. The first project is to evaluate the Enhancing

Parenting Skills (EPaS) 2014 programme delivered by Health Visitors on a one-to-one basis to parents of young children

displaying behaviour problems. The second project is to design and evaluate a web version of the newly published Little

Parent Handbook.

Professor Willy-Tore Mørch, Professor of Clinical Psychology, Tromsø University, Norway

Title: The Development of an Ombudsman for Children in East Africa

Abstract: The protection of children. Ombudsman for Children in East Africa.

The Norwegian Ombudsman for Children was established as the first in the world in 1981 and there are now Ombudsman

agencies for Children in approximately 100 countries. Kenya has 21.3 million children below 18 years of age and they

comprise 50% of the population. The need for protection of children in these countries will be described and the need of

an independent Ombudsman for Children will be discussed within this context. A delegation from Norway visited Kenya

and Uganda in January 2014 and held meetings with government representatives, Parliaments and local UNICEF offices

in order to start the work on the development of a Kenyan Ombudsman for Children.

Jamie McLaren Lachman, University of Oxford

Title: The Sinovuyo Caring Families Programme for Parents of Children Aged 3-8 years: Community approaches to

developing an evidence-based parenting programme to reduce the risk of child maltreatment for families affected by

HIV/AIDS and intimate partner violence in Cape Town, South Africa.

Authors: Lachman, J. M.a; Ward, C. W.b; Cluver, L.a, c; Hutchings, J.d; Gardner, F.b

Affiliations: a Department of Social Policy and Intervention, Centre for Evidence-Based Intervention, University of

Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; b Department of Psychology, University of Cape Town, South Africa; c Department of

Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa; d School of Psychology, University of Wales

Bangor

Abstract:

Background: In sub-Saharan African, children living in poverty and/or in families affected by intimate partner violence

(IPV), substance misuse, or HIV/AIDS are at substantially increased risk of poor parenting and child maltreatment.

Parenting programmes have been shown to be effective in improving parenting and reducing child maltreatment and

behaviour problems. However, there is limited evidence on the effectiveness of parenting programmes in low- and middle-

income countries.

Methods: This study was conducted in 2 parts according to the MRC Framework for Complex Social Interventions: 1)

To determine the cultural applicability of evidence-based parenting principles and approaches, semi-structured focus

groups (n=14) and in-depth individual interviews (n=10) were conducted with caregivers and community health workers

(CHWs) in isiXhosa communities of Cape Town. 2) To determine the feasibility of a locally adapted, evidence-informed

parenting programme – Sinovuyo Caring Families Programme – a small-scale, pilot randomised controlled trial was

conducted examining implementation fidelity, adherence, exposure, and participant satisfaction (n = 68 parents of children

ages 3 to 8). IsiXhosa participants from multiple deprived communities were randomly allocated to either the 12-week

group-based intervention or a wait-list control group. The pilot RCT utilised a mixed methods approach with self-report

questionnaires and qualitative in-depth interviews and focus groups of programme participants (n=18) and community

facilitators (n=6).

Results: Qualitative data indicated that evidence-based parenting principles and approaches would be both culturally

acceptable and applicable to the local context in South Africa. The programme was implemented with a high degree of

programme satisfaction and acceptability with an attendance rate (70%; mean = 8.4 sessions) consistent with parenting

programmes implemented in high-income countries. Paraprofessional community facilitators were able to deliver the

programme with an acceptable level of fidelity. Participants reported some challenges in using some evidence-based

parenting approaches, including emotional labelling and non-violent discipline strategies such as Time-Out.

Conclusion: Results indicate that a programme, derived from evidence-based parenting principles, is both feasible and

culturally acceptable for vulnerable isiXhosa families in Cape Town, South Africa. Using a collaborative approach that

elicits parents’ views and engages them in experiential problem solving requires skilled and sensitive programme

facilitators with on-going training, supervision, and logistical support to maintain programme fidelity. Parenting principles

that are completely new to participants’ cultural framework or life experience may require additional sessions and/or

time in order to be fully integrated into practice.

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Dr Caroline White, Head of CAPS Early Intervention, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Title: Video Interaction Guidance (VIG): What is it???

Abstract:

Video Interaction Guidance (VIG) is an intervention where the interaction between at least two people is videoed followed

by micro-analysis of the positive interactions via collaborative discussions with a trained ‘guider’. It has a number of

applications but a strong emerging evidence base has supported its utility with parents/carers and their infants; and VIG

is recommended in the NICE Guidance for Social and Emotional Wellbeing in Early Years. With the overwhelming case

evident for early intervention in the first three years of life, VIG provides an exciting opportunity to improve parental

sensitivity, which is necessary for strong early attachments.

IN VIG parent is videoed interacting with their infant and is guided to reflect on video clips of their own successful

interactions. In the video feedback sessions the parent and guider review the micro-analysis of successful moments,

particularly those when the adult has responded in an attuned way to the child’s action or initiative. This short presentation

will provide a brief overview of VIG, its methods, processes and applications, particularly with pre-schoolers and their

families.

Suzy Clarkson, School of Psychology, Bangor University

Title: The KiVa Anti-bullying Programme Pilot Trial and RCT

Abstract:

KiVa is a school based anti-bullying programme developed by Professor Christine Salmivalli and colleagues at the

University of Turku, Finland, with funding from the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture. The programme draws

on research that suggests that bullying is a group phenomenon and that bystanders play a significant part in bullying,

acting as “reinforcers” and assisting the bully, contributing to the continuation of the bullying behaviour. By changing

the behaviour of the bystander, the bully’s motivation is lowered and the rewards are reduced. Research in Finland has

established a large and robust evidence base for the programme. Randomised and quasi-experimental trials, along with

a large-scale dissemination trial with roll-out of the programme to 888 schools, have demonstrated significant reductions

in both self- and peer-reported bullying and victimisation. The Welsh pilot trial in 17 primary schools achieved similar

positive results indicating that a more rigorous trial was justified. The RCT funded by the BIG Lottery is providing an

opportunity to examine the effectiveness and acceptability of the programme in Wales, and to explore the generalisability

of the Finnish findings to a different culture and educational system.

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Dr John Parkinson is a Reader and Research Psychologist at Bangor University. He completed his PhD

in Cambridge in the late nineties and moved to North Wales in 2004 to take up a lectureship. His research

primarily focuses on the psychology and neuroscience of motivation as well as the role of motivation in

behaviour and in behaviour change. He is a member of the Wales Centre for Behaviour Change, which

is a joint project of the Wales European Funding Office and Bangor University. A primary remit of the

Centre is to promote innovation, economic activity and regeneration in convergence regions of Wales using behavioural

science. John also acts to facilitate interdisciplinary research for Bangor University promoting communication,

collaboration and engagement both within and without the University. He is currently the Acting Head of School for

Psychology.

Alun Ffred Jones AM is Assembly Member for the Arfon constituency and was first elected in 2003. He

was born in Brynaman in 1949 and educated at Ysgol O.M. Edwards, Llanuwchllyn, Ysgol y Berwyn,

Bala and the University of Wales, Bangor. Before his election, he was a Television Director and producer

for Ffilmiau`r Nant in Caernarfon, and previously worked as a Welsh teacher and Head of Department,

and a journalist/presenter with HTV. He is the former Leader of Gwynedd County Council, former Chair

of Antur Nantlle and Chair of Nantlle Vale Football Club. From 2008 until the 2011 Welsh Assembly elections he was

Heritage Minister in the Welsh Government. He currently chairs the Environment and Sustainability committee of the

Assembly. He enjoys a variety of sports, cinema, theatre, poetry, cycling and gardening.

Lucy Akhtar is currently on secondment with the Welsh Government supporting policy development

around family support and positive parenting. She is on secondment from Children in Wales where she

has worked since 2001 in various roles including coordinating the End Child Poverty campaign and the

4 Nations Child Policy Network. Her most recent role at Children in Wales’ was as Development Officer

for Parenting, supporting professionals across Wales who work with parents in a whole range of contexts

by: disseminating information on policy, research and best practice; promoting good practice through publications,

conferences, seminars and training and coordinating the National Parenting Coordinators Network. She also provided

the secretariat for the Assembly Cross-Party Group for Children; the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children in

Wales in Westminster and the International Forum for Child Welfare.

Before working for Children in Wales she worked for Diabetes UK on a health promotion project with the people from

Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. Lucy has also previously been Chair of Governors for her local Primary

School and a member of the Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Community Health Council.

Dr Helen Henningham has been working at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica for over ten

years where she is member of the Child Development Research Group. Her research area is in early

interventions for children who are at risk for learning and behaviour problems and involves interventions

in community, school and primary healthcare settings to promote children’s development. Helen’s most

recent work has involved implementing and evaluating a universal intervention to reduce child conduct

problems and promote social-emotional competence in Jamaican pre-schools and she is currently involved in projects

in Jamaica, Colombia and Bangladesh aimed at scaling up early childhood stimulation programmes. Helen has also

conducted consultancies for several national and international organisations including UNICEF Jamaica, Ministry of

Education Jamaica, Inter-American Development Bank and the World Health Organisation. Helen is Senior Lecturer in

the School of Psychology and Co-director of the Centre for Evidence Based Early Intervention, Bangor University.

Professor Judy Hutchings. For 37 years, until her retirement in 2009, Judy was an NHS Consultant

Clinical Psychologist in North West Wales with responsibility for services for children with behavioural

problems and she still retains an honorary contract with the Trust. From 1988 she has held a joint

appointment with Bangor University where she is the Director of the Centre for Evidence Based Early

Intervention.

She has been running parenting programmes since 1976 and has used the IY programmes since 1998. She supported the

introduction of the IY Parenting programme into preventive Sure Start services and introduced the IY Child and Teacher

programmes across Wales. She has undertaken a number of research projects on aspects of services for conduct disordered

children including a randomised controlled trial study of an intensive coaching intervention with a four year follow-up

for children with severe behaviour problems and their parents. She has evaluated several of the IY Parent programmes

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- SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES -

as well as the IY Child and Teacher programmes in Wales. She runs training workshops in Bangor and Cardiff for Parent,

Child and Teacher programmes and continues to research and support interventions for parents, children and teachers.

She is currently leading the Bangor work to evaluate the school based KiVa Anti-bullying programme and establishing

a programme of research into a Health Visitor led home visiting programme for parents of high challenge pre-school

children and a web based parent support programme. She has published extensively and lectured and taught in many

European countries as well as in Australia and South Africa. In 2011 she was awarded an OBE for her work with children

and families.

Dr Sue Evans is a Consultant Child Psychologist with Powys Teaching Health Board and clinical lead

for the IY programmes in Powys working with all of the agencies in Powys CYPP. She is an accredited

Mentor in the Incredible Years BASIC Parent, Infant Parent, Home Coaching Parent, Teacher Classroom

Management and Classroom Dina programmes. Sue regularly delivers all of these programmes herself

and offers training and supervision to others to support delivery of the programmes with fidelity. Sue

has visited Seattle a number of times and has worked with Professor Webster-Stratton on the IY Parent and Dina

programmes. She has held her current post with Powys Teaching Health Board since 2005 and before that worked for

many years as an Educational Psychologist both in Powys and in England. Her doctoral work involved the development

of solution focused, collaborative consultation groups for teachers.

Sue was part of the team that won the 2012 NHS award for ‘Working Seamlessly Across Organisations’ in developing

the IY programmes in Powys.

Margaret Collins started her teaching career in 1976 in an Infants school in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.

From there she took up a teaching position as an ‘Unattached Teacher,’ working across the London

Borough of Newham, in various Primary Schools. Following a move back to Bridgend, her hometown,

she pursued a three year part time degree in special educational needs in Caerleon College and gained a

Bachelor of Education (Hons).

Margaret opened one of the first Observation Classes (unit attached to a mainstream infants school for pupils with

learning difficulties) and went on to become the Deputy head of the school. She then gained a Diploma in Special

Education (severe learning difficulties) and in April 2000 took a teaching position in Heronsbridge School, Bridgend.

Following a three-year secondment as a ‘Specialist Outreach Teacher’ she has recently, as part of the management team,

supported primary and pre-schools across Bridgend.

During this secondment Margaret took advantage of the excellent Incredible Years training opportunities which gave

her a framework to advise and support schools in positive behaviour management. The role also involved building

relationships and providing advice to families.

Now back in the classroom at Heronsbridge IY is continuing to have a direct impact on the ‘well-being’ of the whole school

community, with plans to continue using this as a platform for further training to continue to support across Bridgend.

Bridget Roberts is a Child Psychologist working for the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, CAMHS

Service. She was an Educational Psychologist for many years working in Birmingham, Solihull, Nottingham

and locally in North Wales. She is a Mentor for the Incredible Years Parent programmes and is experienced

in delivering the Baby, Toddler, BASIC, School Age and Advance programmes both in the community and

in a CAMHS setting as well as making supervision and support available locally for other group leaders.

She has also delivered the Teacher Classroom Management programme. Bridget delivers termly Parent Group Leader courses

as well as the add-on training days in the new Parenting programmes. She also works for CEBEI, delivering training courses

for the Parent programmes across Wales.

Siri Gammelsaeter is a clinical psychologist and a clinical trainer in the Incredible Years Parent

programmes. She has been involved in the clinical work and implementation of IY since 2000. She is

now part of the management team leading the implementation of IY in Norway.

Melanie Davis is a self-employed, single mother of four wonderful children. She is currently supporting people who

have been unemployed, long term, back into work, through one-to-one sessions and group sessions.

She is also a therapist for Fit for Work, a fantastic initiative that supports people to remain in employment, through stress

and ill health.

She attended the first IY Parenting group in Llandudno in 2000 and this programme changed her life and has been the

foundation to bringing up her troubled children and giving them the courage, confidence and tools to become successful

adults.

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Professor Maria João Seabra Santos, PhD, is a Psychologist and Assistant Professor at the Psychology

Department of the University of Coimbra. Her main research interests concern interventions in pre-

schoolers with behaviour problems and their families, and the adaptation and validation of psychological

assessment tests and rating scales for pre-schoolers (e.g., WPPSI-R, TABC-R, PKBS-2). In early 2000

she coordinated the national standardisation of the WPPSI-R. She is a certified leader, a certified peer

coach and a mentor in training for the IY BASIC Programme for Parents. She is associate editor of the journal

Psychologica. She is a member of research team on the project “Early prevention/intervention in disruptive behaviour

disorders: efficacy of parents and teachers programmes”, funded by the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation

(PTDC/PSI-PED/102556/2008), that used the IY BASIC and TCM in an RCT trial.

Margiad Williams read Psychology at Cardiff University and graduated in 2009. In 2010, she completed

a Masters by Research (MRes) at Bangor University. She has been working at the Centre for Evidence

Based Early Intervention ever since, as a Research Project Support Officer, mainly on the Lottery funded

Small Group Dina trial, and has contributed to many publications. In January 2014, she started a PhD at

the Centre evaluating a one-to-one parenting intervention and an e-book for parents of children with

behaviour problems.

Professor Willy-Tore Mørch is Professor of Children’s Mental Health at the University of Tromsø, The

Arctic University of Norway. For two years he was in charge of the IY Programme in Norway and stepped

down from this role in January this year, but remains part of the IY team in Norway. He is currently

working on child protection matters in the Directorate of Children and Family Affairs. He is also engaged

in establishing an ombudsman for children in Uganda and Kenya in collaboration with the Norwegian

ombudsman for Children and Norwegian UNICEF. He is also chair of http://ungsinn.no a database for evidence-based

programmes for children and young people’s mental health.

Jamie McLaren Lachman is the executive director and founder of Clowns Without Borders South

Africa (www.cwbsa.org), an NGO that provides psychosocial support to vulnerable children and families

through arts-based interventions. He is a doctoral researcher in social intervention at the University of

Oxford and a Co-Investigator on the Sinovuyo Caring Families Project. His research is focused on the

development and evaluation of a parenting programme to reduce the risk of child maltreatment and child

behaviour problems for children ages 2 to 9 in at-risk families living in South Africa. He is also part of the secretariat of

Parenting for Lifelong Health – an initiative coordinated by the World Health Organisation to develop, test and widely

disseminate a suite of parenting programmes for low-resource settings that is affordable, not for profit, and based on

rigorous evidence. McLaren Lachman is also the chairperson of ASSITEJ-SA (International Association of Theatre for

Children and Young People), and a trained facilitator of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. He is also an actor, clown,

storyteller, banjo player, songwriter, director, facilitator, and poet. Always looking for laughter in the life’s simplicity,

Jamie strives to live each day fully with compassion and amazement.

Dr Caroline White, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Head of the Children & Parents’ Service

(CAPS) for Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, leads and manages the city

wide, multi-agency CAPS Early Intervention Service. Caroline is also an accredited Incredible Years

(IY) Trainer has delivered many effective, evidence based IY parent groups in both clinical and

community settings to parents of children with behaviour problems since 1996. She has also trained and

supervised hundreds of professionals in accredited IY parent training workshops both nationally and internationally. She

is also trained in Video Interaction Guidance (VIG) and has established a large team of accredited VIG guiders and

supervisors. In Manchester she has successfully set up and maintained a sustainable implementation of evidence based

interventions for over fifteen years and the service has been highlighted as a model of best practice both locally and

internationally. Caroline has also contributed to several implementation policies and has contributed to a number of

national implementations. She speaks regularly at international conferences and has a number of publications.

Suzy Clarkson graduated from Bangor University in 2012, with a 1st class BSc honours degree in

Psychology. She has five children and is passionate about, and committed to, promoting and enhancing

children’s social and emotional well-being. During the summer of 2012, Suzy worked at CEBEI researching

and producing a literature review for Gwynedd County Council examining the effectiveness and evidence-

base of family/parenting programmes for parents of adolescents with behavioural and emotional problems.

Suzy has recently completed an MRes evaluating the Welsh pilot of the KiVa Anti-Bullying programme and is now working

as a Research Project Support Officer for the KiVa RCT at CEBEI, alongside studying for a PhD.

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Parent Group Leaders

Five parent group leaders were nominated for awards this year and we wish to congratulate them all and recognise them

with the presentation of certificates.

These are Janet Patterson and Hayley Croft from Conwy Flying Start and Coleen Mayers, Kathryn Harris and Heidi

Woodley from Mountain Lane School Buckley, Flintshire.

We also wish to congratulate Janet and Hayley for the work that they have put in to achieving parent group leader

certification and have pleasure in presenting them with their certificates from Seattle.

We would also like to present Coleen, Kathryn and Heidi with a trophy recognising their Incredible teamwork under the

inspired leadership of Coleen. Nominated by Jenni Rochfort they have been incredibly inspirational, enthusiastic and

dedicated in their delivery of the IY School Readiness programme in their school. They embody the IY ethos and their

enthusiasm for the value of the programme and its contents is so contagious!

Incredible School Team

Dafydd Rhys, Headteacher and Ann Ireland, SENCO, Ysgol ID Hooson, Wrexham.

Nominated by Dr Sue Evans, Dafydd and Ann both attended Teacher Classroom Management training in 2008 and

immediately put in place plans to implement the training in their school. All staff were trained and receive top up trainings

every year. The IY philosophy has been maintained in the school over a number of years and significant improvements

have been found in pupil behaviour. They have focused on building positive relationships with parents and maintaining

consistency between staff. They recently talked about their experiences at a TCM training in Wrexham and were inspirational

in sharing their ideas and practice.

Incredible Educator

Tracey Havard, SENCO, Ysgol Golwg y Cwm, Ystrydgynlais

Nominated by Dr Sue Evans, Tracey has pioneered the development of IY approaches in Ystradgynlais and modelled and

helped to establish excellent practice within her own school, and her local area. She uses IY Teacher Classroom Management

strategies and Dinosaur School very successfully in her own practice as a teacher, and has worked with her head teacher to

ensure that all staff in the school are trained in IY approaches, so that the school has adopted a whole-school IY philosophy.

Incredible Manager

Kathryn Wendy Hayes, Daffodils Activities Manager

Nominated by Daffodils Office Manager Anita James, Wendy is Activities Manager at Daffodils, a small organisation

providing a service for over 400 disabled children and their families. Wendy has found the time between a very busy work

schedule and an incredibly busy home life to pursue the training and implementation of the IY Pre-school, School Age and

Home Coaching Parent programmes, as she could see the overall benefits for families with Daffodils.

Incredible Parent

Kate Gallop, Mountain Lane School, Buckley

Nominated by Coleen Mayers, Kathryn Harris, and Heidi Woodley, Kate attended the IY School Readiness Programme for

Parents at Mountain Lane School during the Autumn term of 2013. From the outset it was clear that Kate was receptive to

information, yet discerning about its content. As the course progressed she read course literature and completed homework

tasks each week; she discussed her experiences with putting ideas from the sessions into practice and was extremely positive

about their impact upon her child, and also the developing relationship between them. “Kate is a truly incredible parent, and

indeed an incredible person; it was a genuine pleasure to have her as a member of the group.”

Incredible Parent

Delyth Mair Hughes, Dolgellau

Delyth is nominated by a number of people including Llinos Atherton, because she is an inspirational, selfless, kind,

uncomplaining, happy go lucky ‘community’ “Incredible Mother” and has no idea how highly she is respected, needed,

loved and admired. Delyth completed the Incredible Years Basic training and continued to practise the skills learnt as a

parent and as a nursery worker. She recently undertook the Incredible Years Parent Leader Course and has been eager to

support families locally. She co-leads the IY Infant groups at Dolgellau and Tywyn.

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