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After becoming qualified
as ICDP trainers, a team of local professionals registered ICDP
Sweden, in October 2000.
By the beginning of 2002
ICDP became established within the health services for families
with young children, child protection services, preschools, schools
and some work was also carried out within institutions for psychiatric
services for children and youth with severe psychosocial problems.
ICDP activities developed first in Stockholm and in Kumla, and then
spread during 2003 to other places in Sweden, reaching 5000 parents.
The work is sponsored
by municipalities, county councils and the EU. In addition, a research
project implementing the ICDP-programme in two municipalities was
set up with the support from the county council of Stockholm.
In 2005 ICDP training
was conducted in various parts of Sweden. By the end of the year
there were 360 accredited facilitators, 154 were professionals from
the area of education and 135 were nurses. Also among the accredited
facilitators there were psychologists and social workers. Several
more people have gone through the theoretical part of the training
as facilitators but have not yet done the practical side of the
ICDP training. In addition, there are 59 ICDP accredited trainers
in various parts Sweden. The program has drawn the attention among
educationalists and is now part of the courses offered at the Social-educational
Institute.
During 2005 there were
several network meetings in Sweden, including Network meeting in
Örebro for facilitators working within the school system, Network
meeting in Stockholm for facilitators at the Center for Public Health,
Seminar for ICDP trainers in Stockholm, Network meeting in Halmstad
for facilitators working in pre-schools and Network meeting in Sundsvall
for ICDP within social services. There were also two seminars held
in Stockholm conducted on the theme of ICDP with parent groups with
approximately 150 participants from all over Sweden.
ICDP Sweden received
financial support for documentation and further development of the
program ‘guided interaction’ (Vägledande samspel),
which was projected for one year. The documentation resulted in
two books on the work within child health and pre-school. ICDP key
contact for Sweden was Karin Edenhammer.
SWEDEN – RUSSIA
COOPERATION
The ICDP project called
Competence development which has been developing in Arkhangelsk
in northwest Russia continued during 2005 and 2006. The project
ends in February 2007.
During 2006, 60 new ICDP
facilitators were accredited. There are 506 facilitators and 70
trainers in total, although not all trainers are active. Among the
accredited facilitators there are psychologists, social workers,
pedagogues and nurses. The Social-Educational Institute has continued
to offer ICDP as a course. ICDP training has spread all over the
country and the programme is implemented through preschools, schools,
social services, and healthcare.
ICDP Sweden produced
two books, "Information for parents" and "Information
in the preschool" and these are given out free at ICDP seminars.
A regional network meeting took place on the 13th February 2006.
ICDP key contact for
Sweden is Annelie Waldau Bergman.
Year
2007
There are 48 ICDP trainers
who signed agreements with ICDP and whose task it is to train facilitators
in different parts of the country. In addition 715 persons are accredited
as ICDP facilitators and many thousands have participated in the
first four days of ICDP training. The ICDP foundation arranges follow-up
seminars for each group of trainers and facilitators twice a year
as a minimum. ICDP is applied in many fields: health care for mothers
and children, parent groups, family centres, preschools, schools
and through social care services. Some local governments use ICDP
as an educational and ethical base for all work carried out with
children in their municipality.
ICDP in Sweden is accepted
as a programme which works towards the implementation of ‘The
Convention of the Rights of the Child’; since January 2007
it is a member of The Swedish Network for ‘The Convention
of the Rights of the Child’, which gathers 50 nongovernmental
organisations. The network has annual hearings with members of parliament
and representatives of political parties, but children are also
given the opportunity to raise questions. ICDP Sweden participated
this year for the first time with two delegates. Questions were
raised about children in foster care and the situation of refugee
children in Sweden with reference to health care and schooling.
ICDP Sweden aims to create an ICDP resource group, consisting of
children and young people.
In January,
the foundation published two books with financial support from The
Swedish Inheritance Fund of the Social Ministry: “ICDP in
parent groups” and “ICDP in preschools”. During
2007, links were established with the University in Linköping
to study the impact of ICDP in the country. This research will start
in 2008. In June, Nicoletta Armstrong held a workshop in Västervik
for trainers from all over Sweden. In October, a meeting about organisational
matters and issues linked to research was held in Oslo, where participants
from Sweden, Denmark and Norway learned a lot from each other. In
order to allow for continuous exchanges to take place between the
3 countries, ICDP Sweden appointed representatives from Denmark
and Norway on its board.
Year 2008:
In 2008 Annelie
Waldau Bergman became the new chair of ICDP Sweden. In November a
group of professionals working in the area of geriatric care
received training in ICDP, thus extending the ICDP work to a new
area. Another new development
is the ICDP project with pupils in secondary schools. It is an
adaptation of the ICDP program to meet the needs of young people
today. The aim is to reduce alienation and rejection among younger
pupils.
In September, Peter Westmark from Denmark held a much
appreciated seminar on the theme “Golden Moments” in Västervik and
in November a seminar was held in Stockholm, on the topic of “Guided
Interaction and Creativity”. Lecturers included Petri Partanen, Paul
Bergman, Benny Marcel (from the Cultural Council) and a guest from
Denmark, Anne Linder.
The Foundation has started working on an
evaluation project, funded by the government's health institute.
Another research project has been initiated in cooperation with Linköpings University, whose goal is to find out whether
professionally educated caregivers more easily detect and understand
interaction. Evaluations of parenting groups will also be conducted.
ICDP Sweden formed a joint-stock company in order to be
able to hire consultants trained in guided interaction for different
assignments.
Books, booklets and manuals that were published almost
eight years ago are currently under revision and so is the Swedish
homepage.
Year 2009:
ICDP Sweden has
been steadily increasing the scope of its activities. Training of
trainers continued to develop all over the country. There are
agreements with 100 trainers mostly working in public service, as
well as a register of 1200 facilitators.
In October ICDP
Sweden organized two conferences in Stockholm. The first conference
gathered 40 ICDP facilitators who demonstrated how they applied ICDP
for the first time in a pilot project with the elderly. The ICDP
program implementation with this new target group produced positive
results and this work generated enthusiasm among the facilitators.
The second conference gathered 40 facilitators who exchanged their
experiences in using ICDP with different groups: teenage parents,
adoptive parents and parents from minority groups. It became clear
that ICDP represents an important and creative process, which allows
facilitators to truly make ICDP their own and apply it with many
different groups; the facilitators were clearly proud about their
involvement with ICDP.
The evaluation
project funded by the government's health institute was set up to
ensure quality of training. The research study in cooperation with
Linköpings University and the evaluation of parents which
started in 2008 have continued to develop.
Karsten
Hundeide's manual was translated and published. It is available from
the webpage. www.icdp.se
Year 2010:
ICDP Sweden has
continued to expand, both by training new trainers and by working more
extensively in the area of
evaluation.
- The new
webpage has an on-line bookshop:
http://www.icdp.se/bocker.aspx
- New ICDP
materials include workbooks, booklets and leaflets.
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Innovative work with the elderly is in process of being systematized.
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Re-organization of the board’s functions was completed
- Stronger
emphasis was put on hiring existing trainers for new assignments.
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