Promote social emotional and academic confidence and prevent children from developing early behavioral and emotional challenges.

Are you the parent of an infant to 12 year old? Do you want to advance your parenting potential and learn to: 

  • Develop empathy toward your child — learn to listen to your child’s ideas, needs, and desires, and practice child-focused interactions 
  • Use appropriate incentives for behavior change in your child 
  • Practice problem solving skills and avoid power struggles that give your entire family the opportunity to enjoy these incredible years   
  • Promote social emotional and academic competence in your child  
  • Prevent, reduce, and treat aggression?  

The Incredible Years® is a parent training program provided 1:1 in your home or through social support groups in your local community. With our facilitators’ guidance, you will develop these skills and more using The Incredible Years® (Carolyn Webster-Stratton © 2011) curriculum and video materials. 

Appropriate for:

  • Parents of children birth to 12 years old
  • Department of Children, Youth, and Families Social Workers

  • Parents of children who are identified as being on the autism spectrum

Focus on early childhood

Improved Parent Child Interactions 

Parental Social Support and Problem Solving Skills. 

Program details

  • Learn to listen to your child’s ideas, needs, and desires
  • Learn appropriate incentives for behavior change in your child
  • Practice problem solving skills
  • Learn to avoid power struggles
  • Promote social emotional and academic competence
  • Prevention strategies to reduce and treat aggression

  • Evidence Based Practice

  • Incredible Years Group available in: Skagit, Whatcom, and Snohomish Counties

  • Incredible Years Individual service available in: Skagit, Snohomish, Whatcom, Spokane, Grant, and Adams Counties

Testimonials

“I believe that the service delivery from Service Alternatives has been wonderful.  Incredible Years has been offered to many of my families and SA has done a wonderful job of working with each client whether it is a family with developmental delays, hearing impairment, or any other issues. The SA therapist has continually gone above and beyond with clients to make sure that they deliver parenting services in such a way that the family feels successful and supported. I have worked with this provider for several years and I have never had a single client report that there was a conflict. In fact, I continually get wonderful reports about how much they have enjoyed the class as well as how much they have learned from the delivery of Incredible Years Parenting services.”

Social Worker, DCYF

“I didn’t know what to expect when we were going into this parenting service but out of all the services, we had to do I felt like this parenting class was the best service and the most helpful. It was a good review for me as I am not new to parenting but it is my husband’s first baby, and he not only learned a lot, but we just felt like it was the best support even beyond parenting.

As a provider, we loved our SA therapist. She was the light at the end of the tunnel for us and made us feel so successful. Her support wasn’t just the parenting class it was so much more…she was our biggest cheerleader.”

Parent, Client of IY

“Kristine has been a great Incredibly Years provider, she has been able to work really well with a client of mine that was initially resistant about this service. Kristine has been communicative and flexible to work with, which is especially appreciated during the pandemic when things like Covid exposures create for a rapidly changing schedule.”

Nicole, DCYF Social Worker

“We were conducting a 30 day meeting with a client who is a new mom and newly sober with a VPA in place. She is making great progress and reunification is planned within 30 days. She credited her family and the IY services she is receiving for her progress. She stated her therapist makes her feel “supported” and “makes me feel comfortable so I am not stressing out like I was before and I am learning a lot from her”.

Social Worker, DCYF

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Provide you and your child, age 0 to 12, with a head start.