Cool Little Kids

Early Intervention program for pre-schoolers at risk of anxiety

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12610001019099

Acronym

CLK

Enrollment

Registered

2010-11-22

Start date

2010-01-23

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

An Early Intervention Program which targets preschool aged children who are at a high risk of developing anxiety. Efficacy of the program will determine whether prevention steps in the early years have a part to play in reducing current symptoms and also associated risk.

Interventions

For the parents of the child with anxiety, they will go through group education sessions where they will learn skills like cognitive restructuring, exposure and reinforcements to help their child overcome their anxiety. The children with anxiety will undergo 6 sessions of social skills training concurrently. Parent education and child sessions are administered by a trained therapist and will be 1.5hrs per session for 6 sessions over 10 weeks.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Prevention

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

3 Years to 6 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Child- High levels of shyness or anxiety as shown on parent report on Short Temperament Scale for Children. Parent- Moderate levels of anxiety as shown on Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21.

Exclusion criteria

If they do not meet both the inclusion criteria and if they have a severe developmental delay.

Outcome results