Table 3.

Incredible Years Parent Training - Developmental Delay Modifications

Session	Topic	Modifications
1	Introduction & Goals	Blessings and challenges of raising a child with special needs
2	Developmentally Appropriate Play - I	Consider child’s developmental level, interests, and support needs. When viewing vignettes, consider which aspects apply to children with DD and which do not.
3	Developmentally Appropriate Play - II	Consider child’s developmental level, interests, and support needs. When viewing vignettes, consider which aspects apply to children with DD and which do not.
4	Positive Strategies - Praise	Consider child’s developmental level, interests, and support needs. When viewing vignettes, consider which aspects apply to children with DD and which do not.
5	Positive Strategies - Rewards	Discuss altering traditional token economy systems and sticker charts to children’s developmental levels. Discuss conducting preference assessments to identify possible reinforcers.
6	Handling Challenging Behaviors	Discuss conducting functional assessment (using antecedents, behaviours, and consequences). Complete ABC chart.
7	Handling Challenging Behaviour	Developing behavioural intervention plans based on results of FBAs. Discuss functionally-equivalent replacement beahviours.
8	Effective Limit Setting - Part I (Commands)	Consider child’s developmental level, interests, and support needs. When viewing vignettes, consider which aspects apply to children with DD and which do not.
9	Effective Limit Setting - Part II (Ignoring and Redirecting)	Consider child’s developmental level, interests, and support needs. When viewing vignettes, consider which aspects apply to children with DD and which do not.
10	Advocacy, Working with Professionals, and Transition to Kindergarten	Discuss services provided through local agencies. Discuss strategies for engaging in meaningful parent- professional partnerships. Discuss special education law and issues pertaining to transition from preschool to elementary school.
11	Review: Challenging Behavior and Limit Setting	Review material discussed to date, emphasizing content from sessions 6-9.
12	Putting it All Together/Celebration	No modifications made.

Note. The toddler programme modifications were followed (see Webster-Stratton, 2001) in addition to the DD modifications.