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News - Austin Resilience Development Inc.Fun FRIENDS ProgramIn January 2009, the Fun FRIENDS training for professionals working with young children 4 to 7 years was introduced for the first time in North America.FUN FRIENDS is the latest program developed by Dr. Paula Barrett for the treatment and prevention of childhood anxiety in 4-6 year olds. It has been developed from the highly successful FRIENDS for Life program with a focus on this younger age. Preliminary results from universal trials of Fun FRIENDS conducted within Brisbane preschool classrooms over the past several years indicate that the Fun FRIENDS program is effective in decreasing anxious symptomatology over time, decreasing parental levels of stress 1 year following the program, and increasing social and emotional strength immediately following program implementation. Further larger scale community based universal trials in preschool classrooms are underway. For more information about the Fun FRIENDS program go to www.ourfunfriends.com/pages/index.php |
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