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Project

Facing Your Fears: IDD (FYF:IDD): Moving an Adapted CBT Intervention for Autistic Adolescents with Anxiety from Research to a Clinical Setting

Center:

CO-JFK Partners/University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2025

Contact Information:

Audrey Blakeley-Smith
[email protected]
303-724-7630

Project Description:

This study aims to train outpatient clinicians to implement Facing Your Fears: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (FYF:IDD), a 14-week group CBT intervention for autistic teens with intellectual development disability (IDD) and interfering anxiety. FYF:IDD will be delivered as a clinical service at Children's Hospital Colorado. Following a clinician training workshop, we will assess training satisfaction, intervention feasibility, satisfaction of FYF:IDD, and clinician feedback on implementation. Treatment fidelity will be evaluated, along with teen and caregiver satisfaction. Teen anxiety, emotion regulation, and challenging behavior will be measured pre/post intervention.

Keyword(s):

Adolescent Health, Mental/Behavioral Health – Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Mental/Behavioral Health – General , Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Special Health Care Needs

Core Function(s):

Performing Direct and/or Demonstration Services, Performing Research or Evaluation

Area of Emphasis

Health-Related Activities

Target Audience:

Family Members/Caregivers, Children/Adolescents with Disabilities/SHCN

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

Specific Groups

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

Mulit-County

Funding Source:

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