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For 7-12 year olds

Helping families manage anxiety

The Cool Kids program is an evidence-based treatment program developed at Macquarie University that teaches children and their parents how to manage their anxiety better. It is a ten-week structured group program run by trained, provisionally registered psychologists under the supervision of qualified psychologists. It involves the participation of both children and their parents/guardians and focuses on teaching clear and practical skills.

Topics covered in the program include:

• What is anxiety?
• Fighting fear by facing fear
• Me and my anxiety
• Learning to solve a problem
• Learning about feelings
• Why be a confident person?
• Detective thinking and realistic   thinking
• Dealing with teasing

This program is suitable for children aged 7 -12 years who have an anxiety disorder. This program is not suitable for children whose anxiety may be the result of trauma or who have additional psychiatric conditions that may impact on their ability to benefit from the program.

The Cool Kids program will run for ten weeks, one day a week after school, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

The 10-week Cool Kid program costs $500 per child and includes the program workbooks.

For more information, call the UC Health Clinic on 6201 5843. A provisional psychologist will then contact you to assess if Cool Kids is likely to be helpful for your child. For more information about the Cool Kids Program, you can access the website: Cool Kids at UC - 91Ö±²¥