The Incredible Years Parenting (IYP) programme is an internationally recognised parent management training programme. It is an evidence-based intervention designed to improve parental capabilities to promote emotional and social competence in children and to prevent, reduce and treat conduct problems. This report describes the social impact of the IYP Programme delivered by Te Whānau o Waipareira in New Zealand. It is one of the first Social Return on Investment (SROI) analyses to investigate the impact of the Incredible Years Parenting Programme (IYP) on Māori.

The objective of the study was to understand, measure and report the value created by the IYP programme. The study used the SROI framework, an internationally recognised, principles-based approach for understanding and measuring the broader concept of ‘value’ and incorporates social, environmental and economic impacts. SROI is developed from social accounting and cost-benefit analysis. It involve identifying and measuring outcomes and, where appropriate, applying financial proxies to represent those outcomes. The overall value of the outcomes is calculated and then compared to the investment required to generate them, indicating cost-effectiveness or Social Return on Investment.

The SROI analysis revealed the story of change and value created as a result of the IYP programme and its unique service delivery at Waipareira. The parents and caregivers experienced significant change because of the IYP programme. Some of the significant changes included:

Being a better parent;
Improved parent-child relationships;
Family as a unit;
Reduced stress and improved mental well being;
Feeling worthy and confident. (From the website). Record #8022