6867 Southpoint Drive North
Suite 101
Jacksonville, Florida 32216
Phone 904.619.6071
Fax 904.212.0309 www.keystonebehavioral.com
Incredible Years Parent Program
Phone: 904.619.6071
Who Can Participate?
Parents of children ages 4-10 and their children who have been overactive, inattentive, noncompliant, and/or aggressive for six months or longer.
How the Incredible Years Can Help
Providing parents with strategies to deal with children’s over-activity and behavior problems.
Building parents’ approaches for promoting children’s social and emotional competence at home and at school.
Working with parents to develop coordinated plans for children to improve school readiness and academic success.
Preventing and treating children’s oppositional and aggressive behaviors.
Philosophy of the Incredible Years
Our efforts are directed at collaborating with parents to effectively change children’s behavior.
We teach proactive behavior management, as well as play interaction and communication skills that improve the quality of the parent-child relationship.
We also work directly with the children to teach appropriate social skills, emotional regulation, and problem solving skills.
Incredible Years Program for Parents
The evidence based treatment program includes 12 weekly sessions which give parents behavior management tools while also emphasizing relationship building with their child. The two hour group consists of no more than 16 mothers and fathers and takes place in a support group style environment.
Session Topics
Session topics for the parent program include:
Child directed play skills
How to praise and reward
Effective limit setting
Handling children’s misbehavior
Effective communication skills between adults and children
Problem solving
Anger management and emotion regulation
Supporting children’s education
Promoting social skills
What to Expect: The First Session
The program begins with an intake session which involves the following:
Intake Paperwork
Introductions of group members
Personal goal setting
Establishing group’s ground rules
Questions/Concerns
About Keystone Behavioral Pediatrics
Keystone Behavioral Pediatrics offers comprehensive behavioral and psychological services to address a wide-range of challenges faced by children and their families. Parents want the best for their children and so do we. Our mission is to help children reach their full potential by providing individualized treatment using evidenced-based clinical practices. Our clinical team has the specialized training and experience needed to address a broad-range of concerns including common behavior problems as well as severe behavioral and psychiatric disorders. We strive to ensure the most comprehensive interdisciplinary approach possible by maintaining close relationships with a variety of service providers including pediatricians, speech and occupational therapists, schools and daycares.
Please visit our website or contact our office directly for information regarding the full range of services we offer.