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Utilizing A School-Based Treatment To Address Socially Anxious Elementary School Students, Mckell Nelson
Utilizing A School-Based Treatment To Address Socially Anxious Elementary School Students, Mckell Nelson
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Despite the availability of promising clinic-based programs, youth exhibiting socially anxious behaviors rarely receive the treatment they may need. Those that do get treatment, often do so in the school setting. Thus, the demand for effective interventions to address those needs in the school-setting is growing. The present study investigated the effects of a modified CBT intervention, delivered in the school setting, on positive peer interactions and self-rating social anxiety. Results showed that the treatment package provided an increase in positive peer interactions across all four participants, as well as a decrease in self-rated anxiety behaviors.
Examining The Effect Of A School-Based Treatment On Anxiety For Latino Students, Emilie J. Larsen
Examining The Effect Of A School-Based Treatment On Anxiety For Latino Students, Emilie J. Larsen
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This study examined the efficacy of a brief culturally and instructionally modified cognitive behavioral therapy program for five anxious Latino/a youths ages 8-11 years in an elementary school setting. Each student exhibited anxiety in a classroom setting as reported by their teachers and parents or guardians. A noncurrent multiple baseline design was implemented using A-B replications to assess the effects of baseline and treatment on daily self-report student distress ratings as well as daily teacher rated distress, academic engagement, and work completion. All participants completed the Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale-2 pre- and post-treatment as well as a Children’s Intervention …