None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Anxiety is the most common psychological problem reported by children and adolescents. Among young people with a physical and/or intellectual disability, prevalence rates for clinically significant anxiety problems are significantly higher relative to the general population. With child-focused cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) regarded as the gold-standard treatment for child anxiety, youth with disabilities often miss out on the evidence-based treatment of choice. Recent research has focused on the possibility of working through parents to address anxiety in children. The current project builds on this work with a population of families who are frequently under-served when it comes to the treatment of their children's anxiety. The purpose of the proposed project is to evaluate the efficacy and acceptability of the half-day Fear-less Triple P workshop (involving parents only) in its capacity to reduce the anxiety symptoms of children with high levels of anxiety and a physical and/or intellectual disability. A naturalistic waitlist group will be built into the study design to allow comparison of this group with the active Fear-less workshop.
Interventions
The Fear-less Triple P 1/2 day workshop consists of one 4-hour workshop that will be held at each of the three Disability Services centres (Nundah, Oxley and Mt. Gravatt) in Brisbane. Up to 12 families will be included in each workshop. The content covered in the workshop includes: psychoeducation about anxiety; promoting emotional resilience in children; the role of thoughts in anxiety and how to encourage mental flexibility; the role of avoidance in anxiety and exposure; parental responses to
The Fear-less Triple P 1/2 day workshop consists of one 4-hour workshop that will be held at each of the three Disability Services centres (Nundah, Oxley and Mt. Gravatt) in Brisbane. Up to 12 families will be included in each workshop. The content covered in the workshop includes: psychoeducation about anxiety; promoting emotional resilience in children; the role of thoughts in anxiety and how to encourage mental flexibility; the role of avoidance in anxiety and exposure; parental responses to children's anxiety (and the advantages and disadvantages of each of these); constructive coping and maintaining gains over time. All sessions will be conducted by the named investigator - an experienced Clinical Psychologist. The workshop is attended by parents only. Ideally, both parents/caregivers would attend; but it is more likely that one parent will attend the workshop per family. Treatment adherence will be assessed by a postgraduate trainee completing their Masters or Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. This person will attend the workshop in an observational capacity and use a checklist to record whether the content that is meant to be presented was actually presented.
Sponsors
The University of Queensland
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Other
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
6 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Parents/caregivers must have a child aged 6-16 years who is currently anxious and engaged with Disability Services (Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services). There is no restriction on parent/caregiver age.
Exclusion criteria
Participants will be excluded if psychological assistance is currently being sought for the child's anxiety.
Outcome results
None listed