Anxiety Intervention Free - Primary Schools

Your school may be interested in offering parents the opportunity to complete an anxiety intervention with their child. Our school communities offer Cool Kids as a small group intervention. The intervention is designed for 7 to 12 year olds.

Macquarie University has developed an online version. Cool Kids Online consists of 8 online lessons for parents and children to complete together over 10 weeks. Topics covered in the program include:

• Learning about feelings and anxiety
• Fighting fear by facing fear (stepladders)
• Detective thinking, and learning to think more realistically
• Building assertiveness and dealing with teasing
• Helpful ways of coping when upset

Parents can register for the free online intervention. An initial assessment is completed first to determine whether Cool Kids Online is likely to be suitable and beneficial for the child’s needs This includes an online questionnaire, a telephone interview and a debrief.

The training is completed at home.The university is currently evaluating the effectiveness of the Cool Kids Online program. In return for the participation of the parent and child in their research, there are no costs associated with assessment and treatment.

If parents have any questions they can contact Macquarie University Centre for Emotional Health at coolkids.online@mq.edu.au or on 02 9850 8832.