The “Incredible Years” Gulbenkian Academies of Knowledge project aims to provide educators with strategies to manage their classrooms and promote proactive, effective educational approaches.

It also seeks to strengthen children’s social, emotional, and academic skills and foster parental involvement in their children’s education and progress at school. The project will create and test a free training network for ordinary caregivers of 3- to 8-year-old children.

Keywords: Caregivers; ChildHood; Health Prevention; Socio-emotional skills

Principal Investigator: Vanda Pedrosa (vanda.varela@ulo.pt)

Research Team

• ciTechCare: Carolina Henriques (carolina.henriques@ulo.pt); Susana Custódio (susana.custodio@ulo.pt)

Duration: 64 months (2018 – 2023)

Institutional Partners and Others

• Municipality of Leiria
• Municipality of Porto de Mós
• Unidade Local de Saúde da Região de Leiria, E. P. E.
   

Funding: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian