Incredible Years Parenting Programs
The Incredible Years® is a series of interlocking, evidence-based programs for parents, children, and teachers, supported by over 30 years of research. The goal is to prevent and treat young children’s behavior problems and promote their social, emotional, and academic competence. The programs are used worldwide in schools and mental health centers, and have been shown to work across cultures and socioeconomic groups. The Eastern Los Angeles Family Resource Center offers the following Incredible Year Parenting Programs. The parent programs focus on strengthening parent-child interactions and attachment, reducing harsh discipline and fostering parents’ ability to promote children’s social, emotional, and language development.
Play Project
The PLAY Project empowers parents, and other caregivers to engage the hard-to-engage child with autism. PLAY methods empower parents to build their skills and support their child with autism through the stages of development. The intensive intervention is fun and developmentally appropriate, making it easily applicable to a family’s daily activities. It is focused on young children 18 months to 6 years of age. A certified PLAY Project Consultant partners with families to build trust, promote family confidence and competence, and strengthen family-child relationships. PLAY sessions are typically 2-3 hours long, and take place in a family’s home once a month.
PEERS for Preschoolers
PEERS® for Preschoolers is a 16-week evidence-based parent-assisted social skills intervention to teach children, between the ages of 4 to 6 years, how to make and keep friends. Originally developed at UCLA by Dr. Elizabeth Laugeson, PEERS® for Preschoolers may be appropriate for preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, Anxiety, Depression or other social and behavioral disorders. Children must speak consistently in phrases and sentences of four or more words. Parent Participation is required. Your child will learn how to: listen and follow directions, ask and use names, greet friends, share and give turns, ask friends to play, join ongoing games, keep cool during play, be a good sport, transition to new play activities, ask for and give help, use good volume control, and maintain good body boundaries.