Coaching Approach Behavior and Leading by Modeling: Rationale, Principles, and a Session-by-Session Description of the CALM Program for Early Childhood Anxiety Article

Puliafico, AC, Comer, JS, Albano, AM. (2013). Coaching Approach Behavior and Leading by Modeling: Rationale, Principles, and a Session-by-Session Description of the CALM Program for Early Childhood Anxiety . COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIORAL PRACTICE, 20(4), 517-528. 10.1016/j.cbpra.2012.05.002

cited authors

  • Puliafico, AC; Comer, JS; Albano, AM

authors

abstract

  • Whereas the cognitive-behavioral treatment of childhood anxiety has been well-researched and empirically supported over the last 20. years, interventions for anxiety in young children (ages 7 and below) have garnered little attention. Because young children generally lack the required developmental skills to effectively engage in cognitive-behavioral treatment, a simple downward extension of treatments used for older children is inappropriate. The CALM program (Coaching Approach behavior and Leading by Modeling) was developed as a developmentally compatible intervention to treat anxiety disorders in young children ages 3 to 7. The CALM program is an adaptation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), and an extension of Pincus, Eyberg, and Choate's (2000) adaptation of PCIT for young children with separation anxiety disorder. It is a parent-focused treatment that teaches parents skills to effectively reinforce their children's brave behavior and coaches the use of these skills during in-session parent-child interactions. The treatment emphasizes live, bug-in-the-ear coaching of parents during in vivo exposure sessions. This article describes the CALM program in detail. © 2012.

publication date

  • November 1, 2013

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start page

  • 517

end page

  • 528

volume

  • 20

issue

  • 4