iiP Programmes

The iiP Core Parent Programme, Six Bricks for Kids model, outlines research-based strategies that help caregivers build a strong foundation for their child’s life. These include:

• Play and positive attention to create solid parent-child relationships and trust.
• Support for children’s learning, emotional and social skills.
• Caring boundaries that create a predictable and safe framework for children to thrive.
• Self-regulation strategies for caregivers and children.

The 12-session iiP programme can be delivered in groups or with individual families in prevention or treatment contexts for parents of children aged 2-12 years. The strategies in this core model build on 50 years of research on what works to support all children, both neurodiverse and neurotypical, including those with challenging behaviours, social difficulties, anxiety, ADHD and autism.

invest in play® Facilitator Manual, Core Videos and Parent Workbook are included in the training price and are available online after you have purchased the initial training. They are currently available in British English, US English, Spanish, Danish, Norwegian, Slovenian, Dutch and Icelandic. As additional language versions are co-created, they will be automatically available for all subscribers to use.

Below you see how the parent strategy “Play with descriptive commenting” is presented in 3 different languages and culturally adapted versions:

Those who educate and care for children ages 2-12 have an awesome and daunting task. Educators are the people that children spend the most time with, outside of their nuclear families. They are expected to be responsible for student’s academic, social and emotional development as well as their physical health and safety.
 
Almost all teachers and educators enter the profession because they want to make a difference in children’s lives. And teachers do that, in multiple ways every day. It is also true that it’s often exhausting to try to meet all these needs, especially in under-resourced schools, with students who come to school with many needs. Consequently, rates of teacher burnout are high.
 
We are currently developing the iiP teacher programme. It will support teachers to use evidence-based strategies that increase children’s social emotional well-being in the classroom, following a Six Bricks for Kids model parallel to that used in the parent program. The teacher programme will also explore the teacher-child relationship with practical information on understanding children’s needs, wants, feelings, and behaviours. It will provide strategies that have been highly researched and are proven to work to create strong student-teacher bonds as well as set appropriate and safe limits so that children can learn and thrive. These approaches will strengthen the social community as a whole as well as provide insight into how to understand and respond to the needs of individual neurodiverse children. 

We are ready to start co-creating the iiP teacher programme in countries that wants a cultural adapted programme for schools and kindergartens that is built on research, cost-effective and easy to implement.