Icdp Norge

ICDP NORWAY is CDP (International Child Development Program) is a parenting program developed to target parents and other caregivers across cultures. It was developed in the 1990s by Norwegian psychologists, Karsten Hundeide and Henning Rye, with colleagues, and was evaluated by the University of Bergen, Norway, and the University of Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, before the first material was finalized. ICDP has been introduced to 50 countries in the world. In Norway, it is the most commonly used parenting program, implemented by the Norwegian government (BUFdir) within primary health care, family health care, kindergartens, schools and others in municipalities across Norway, in addition to being the recommended compulsory parenting program in the Norwegian introduction program for refugees. Globally, ICDP is implemented through NGOs, INGOs, universities and national authorities. ICDP Norway is part of the Norwegian initiated foundation ICDP International based in England. ICDP Norway is the most active of the ICDP organisations in offering ICDP training and implementation guidance in Africa and Asia.