Take Action Child Handout Workbook [Paperback]

This workbook is part of the Take Action Program and is to be used only in conjunction with the Take Action Practitioner Guidebook (ISBN 9781922117274). The Take Action Program is a user-friendly cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) program designed for or mental health and educational professionals trained in CBT who work with anxious children. Take Action teaches children aged 4-12 years helpful ways to cope with and manage anxiety. It is an evidence-based intervention combining recent research on threat-based cognitive biases and maladaptive thinking styles in childhood anxiety disorders with the well-established principles of CBT. This workbook provides all 84 Child handouts and work sheets from the Take Action program bound and numbered in a 92-page color cover large sized book with contents page. For more information about Take Action go towww.takeactionprogram.com

Take Action is a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) program specifically developed with the following goals in mind:(a)To optimise treatment outcomes through the integration of findings from recent research on the threat-based cognitive biases and maladaptive thinking styles ?associated with anxiety disorders in children.(b)To provide an evidence-based cognitive-behavioural treatment program for anxious children that is practitioner-friendly.(c)To provide a program that can be delivered in a flexible, adaptable way to suit the setting in which it is being delivered and the individual needs of children receiving treatment.The program consists of six treatment modules for children with supporting information guidelines for parents, and one assessment module. Each session lasts approximately 1 hour. The program covers the major components of CBT including psychoeducation, somatic management, cognitive restructuring, and exposure therapy, as well as problem-solving, social skills development, strategies for being assertive, and relapse prevention and maintenance. The program can lC"