Incredible Years Series

Incredible Years is an empirically supported set of group-based prevention and treatment programs that are delivered in schools (for example, Head Start, daycare, and kindergarten through third grade), mental health centers, pediatric practices, and other community settings serving high-risk children and families.

Stephanie Shepard Umaschi, PhD, is the director for the Center for Evidence Based Practice (CEBP) at Bradley Hospital. She may be contacted at 401-793-8723 or sumaschi@brownhealth.org.

Programs Offered

The Incredible Years Series 

CEBP offers a variety of programs. 

The Incredible Years Series includes:

  • Parent Training Programs
  • Teacher Classroom Behavior Management Program
  • Incredible Beginning Program
  • Social Skills and Problem Solving Curriculum for Children

CEBP also offers courses in:

  • Invest in Play
  • Motivational Interviewing, specializing in motivational interviewing with parents and teachers.
  • Parenting 101 for providers to build knowledge and enhance skills at providing evidence-based parenting guidance and support strategies.
  • Mental Health First Aid, for child and adult
pedi partial training

The training and support program the CEBP provides involves several components from which agencies or individuals who are interested in adopting these programs can choose. Program staff work with interested agencies to build their organizational readiness to adopt, deliver, and sustain Incredible Years implementation.

Once agencies have demonstrated readiness and program leaders have been identified, authorized Incredible Years training is provided by certified mentor Stephanie Shepard Umaschi, PhD, or trainer from the Incredible Years office in Seattle, Washington.

Training booster sessions and both individual and group Incredible Years consultation/coaching are also available to providers and administrators. The CEBP can monitor Incredible Years implementation fidelity and determine eligibility to apply for certification, which is strongly recommended for all leaders and required for conducting Incredible Years research and publishing results.

Stephanie Shepard Umaschi, PhD, of the CEBP is a nationally certified Incredible Years leader and trainer who oversees all Incredible Years training in Rhode Island. She and her staff of trained psychologists at the CEBP have supported Incredible Years implementation across the state for more than 10 years.

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