Skar, Ane-Marthe Solheimvon Tetzchner, StephenClucas, ClaudineSherr, Lorraine2014-09-172014-09-172014-08-21Skar, A-M. S., von Tetzchner, S., Clucas, C., & Sherr, L. (2015). The long-term effectiveness of the International Child Development Programme (ICDP) implemented as a community-wide parenting programme. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 12(1), 54-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2014.9502191740-562910.1080/17405629.2014.950219http://hdl.handle.net/10034/326195This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/3.0/, which permits the unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The moral rights of the named author(s) have been asserted.Short-term effectiveness of the International Child Development Programme (ICDP) for parents in the general population has been studied. The aim of this paper was to investigate the longer term impact of the ICDP programme on parents looking for sustained changes 6–12 months after the programme. For this, a nonclinical caregiver group attending the ICDP programme (N ¼ 79) and a nonattending comparison group (N ¼ 62) completed questionnaires on parenting, psychosocial functioning, and child difficulties before, on completion and 6–12 months after the ICDP programme. Analyses compare changes in scores over time. The results revealed that the ICDP group showed significantly improved scores on parenting measures, less loneliness, and trends towards improved self-efficacy compared to the comparison group 6–12 months after programme completion. The ICDP group also reported that their children spent significantly less time on television and computer games and a trend towards fewer child difficulties. Key positive effects sustained over time but at a somewhat lower level, supporting community-wide implementation of ICDP as a general parenting programme. It is concluded that more intensive training with follow-up sessions should be considered to sustain and boost initial gains.enArchived with thanks to European Journal of Developmental Psychologyearly child developmentcaregiver guidancecommunity interventionlong term follow-upInternational Child Development ProgrammeArticle1740-5610European Journal of Developmental Psychology