Welcome to our Centre for Evidence Based Early Intervention (CEBEI) (formerly the Incredible Years (IY) Wales) web site with information about our work to promote and research Parent, Child and Teacher programmes across Wales.
The Centre for Evidence Based Early Intervention (CEBEI) has three arms which work closely together,
CEBEI, Bangor University (Research activity) Early Intervention Wales Training Ltd. (Training and Sales of materials) and Children’s Early Intervention Trust (Fundraising for research and dissemination activity and support to services that are using the programmmes). Since our first training in 2001 and the opening in 2003 of the IY Wales Centre our activity has grown. We hold an Annual Conference and run regular training in delivering the IY Parent, Child and Teacher programmes. We also maintain an active research programme and publish regularly. In 2006 we produced a DVD of parents speaking about the Parent programme and another DVD of the Baby programme in 2009. Of particular importance is our work with the Welsh Assembly Government as part of their Parenting Action Plan for Wales. They have funded training across Wales in delivering the IY Parent programme for the last five years and over the last three years have added training for the IY Teacher and Child programmes.
Our research activity at Bangor University continues to flourish. To view our current research; please click here to be re-directed to our research website. Our research, replicating Carolyn Webster-Stratton's early intervention study, with our partners in eleven Sure Start Services in North and Mid Wales, and Oswestry produced excellent results that have been shown to last. Our work has also received a lot of attention in England and been cited in the Social Exclusion Action Plan, published in September 2006 by the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit. This makes specific mention of our work, which was also mentioned in the House of Commons in December 2006 (Hansard).
We have also undertaken research of the Teacher Classroom Management programme, the Toddler and Parent programme as well as the BASIC Parent programme with Foster Carers. We are currently researching the Small Group Dina Child Therapy programme. the School Readiness programme and the Baby and Parent programme as well as supporting Ph.D. research (Laura Parry and Nicoile Gridley.)
Dates for your diary -
KiVa Anti-bullying Programme training - Bangor May 22nd, Cardiff May 23rd (Registration form)
2013 North Wales Annual Conference - Bangor, January 25th 2013
2013 South Wales Annual Conference - Cardiff, 6th March 2013 Preceded on 5th March by Parent Consultation (with Bridget Roberts), Teacher/Child Consultatino (with Dr. Sue Evans), Peer Coach Support (with Dr. Caroline White), Manager Fidelity (with Professor Judy Hutchings) and Manager Evaluation (with Dr. Tracey Bywater) Workshops.
To view our training schedule, please click here
Judy is Awarded an O.B.E.
Congratulations to Judy on being awarded an OBE, for services to children and fmilies, in the Queen's Birthday Honours list, June 2011. The award was in recognition of her longstanding commitment to the development of effective services and the extent to which her work has had local, national and international impact and contributed to policy discussions in the Welsh and Westminster Governments. As Director of the recently founded Bangor based Centre for Evidence Based Early Intervention she is continuing this important work. The Centre continues to host visits from academics and service providers from across the planet who come to see programmes in action and to learn about the ongoing research.
New Centre Launched
The Centre for Evidence Based Early Intervention (CEBEI) was launched by Huw Lewis AM, Deputy Minister for Children, on Wednesday 9th March 2011 at the Incredible Years Wales Annual Conference in Cardiff.
The new Centre is a natural extension of work conducted at the Incredible Years Centre over the last eight years. Our activities have already had a positive effect on children and families in Wales, by both introducing and measuring the effectiveness of Incredible Years (IY) programmes for infants, young children, their families and teachers.
Many thousands of parents and children across Wales have benefited from these programmes, which are offered by schools, local authorities’ children’s centres, early intervention and health services. The Dinosaur School Classroom and Therapeutic programmes help young children to learn the social, emotional regulation and problem solving skills that enable them to form strong relationships and get the greatest benefit from their schooling. The Parent and Teacher programmes provide useful strategies for good parenting and effective classroom management, The IY Cymru Centre has received funding from the Welsh Assembly Government for the past five years to disseminate the programmes across Wales. As a result, they are offered in all 22 Authorities in Wales and accessed by thousands of children and families. In Gwynedd alone every child starting school has an IY trained teacher and experiences the Classroom Dinosaur School curriculum.
At the launch, Huw Lewis AM, former Deputy Minister for Children said: “The research undertaken at Bangor University has contributed significantly to the Welsh Assembly Government’s decision to support the Incredible Years programmes. It is encouraging to see the impact that IY programmes are having on children and young people in Wales, and I hope the new Centre will continue that good work in the future.”
Bangor University Vice Chancellor Professor John G. Hughes said: “The establishment of this new research Centre marks the beginning of a new phase of research. Our staff will work closely with the Welsh Assembly Government in disseminating and researching the IY programmes. The team will also use their experience to evaluate other aspects of services across Wales to establish evidence of what works for our children and families.”
Professor Judy Hutchings, Director of the new Centre said: “We want to provide the same level of research into the cost and effectiveness of a wider range of services to children and families in Wales as we do for the IY programmes. This should lead to individuals and families receiving a broader range of effective, appropriate support. There is a consequent saving to society as a whole of providing this support to young families and children. This will build on our work that was identified as good practice in the recently published independent review of early intervention undertaken by Graham Allen MP for the Westminster Government.”
The new Centre builds on 20 years of research conducted by Prof Hutchings both at the local NHS Trust and the University.
Judy Wins Inspire Wales Educator Award
Congratulations to Judy on winning the first IWA Inspire Wales Educator Award. Awards were made for the first time on Tuesday 15th June 2010 by the Institute for Welsh Affairs in conjunction with the Western Mail, presentations were made by television presenter Angharad Mair at the ceremony in Cardiff to people whose work has been an inspiration in Wales.
There were 10 Award Categories and Judy was one of 70 nominees for the Educator category for her work in establishing and researching the Incredible Years Parent, Child and Teacher Programmes in Wales and for the international recognition that this has brought to Wales. She was accompanied by research group leaders from across South Wales and IY team members from Bangor without whom she said, on receiving the award, this work would not be possible.
101 Ways To Praise A Child, to view this document by Laura Kiln please click here
101 Ffordd o Ganmol Plentyn, to view this document by Kirstie Cooper please click here
The Welsh Country Magazine on the 17th March 2010 published an article about the work of the Incredible Years Centre in Wales.
'Through the work of Bangor University and the Incredible Years Wales Centre, the
Incredible Years programmes have continued to provide support and encouragement to
parents and Flying Starts to the lives of children across Wales for the last ten years.'
To be directed to the Welsh Country Magazine website to view the article in full please click here
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