Cultural responsiveness in the Incredible Years parenting programme for refugees: a case study

International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy

Table 2 Topics covered in the Incredible Years course

Topics	Number of meetings
Presentation of the children in the families	1
Child-centred play and attention in play	3,5
Coaching	1,5
Norwegian Child Welfare Services^a	2
Praise	3
Praise, and talking about visits to the library	3
Tangible rewards, incentives	3
Routines and rules in the home	2
Good commands^b	2
Discipline, limit-setting, follow-up on messages	2
Ignoring	2
Time-out	5
Natural and logical consequences	1
Problem solving and self-regulation	1^c
Closing meeting: summing-up and evaluation	1
Number of meetings	33

^aInformation about the Norwegian Child Welfare Services was added to the course and approved by the Incredible Years founder
^bThe group leaders did not use the equivalent to the word ”command” in Norwegian. They chose the word ”beskjed” , which may be translated as ”message”
^cOne of the planned meetings on problem-solving and self-regulation had to be cancelled because not all the interpreters were available