full day workshop

FRIENDS FOR LIFE PROGRAM AND THE FUN FRIENDS PROGRAM
Paula Barrett, The University of Queensland, Australia

AC Hotel Room: Gracia

Who the workshop is aimed at:  Clinicians, researchers and educators.  No previous experience is required.  The FRIENDS for Life program (for primary school and high school) is a well validated prevention and treatment program for children and youth with anxiety and depression.  The Fun FRIENDS program (for preschool children) is a downward extension of the FRIENDS for Life program which has been extensively trialled over the past three years with results indicating significant improvements from pre to post intervention.  These programs are largely used in the school setting to promote resilience and coping skills as part of existing curriculum.  FRIENDS for Life has been largely disseminated in many classrooms around the world and is the only program endorsed by the World Health Organisation as an effective treatment for childhood anxiety and depression.

Professor Paula Barrett is a researcher and practitioner in the field of clinical child psychology and currently adjunct Professor at the School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.  In 2003, she established the innovative research-based clinic, Pathways Health and Research Centre. Professor Barrett is internationally acclaimed for her work in the field of child and adolescent anxiety. She published the world's first family treatment control trial for childhood anxiety in 1995, and her 1996 paper on the treatment of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents is highly cited and is in the foreground of empirically supported, evidence-based practices. Professor Barrett authored and evaluated the well-known Coping Koala anxiety treatment protocol during her doctorate in 1993, which she has since turned into the FRIENDS for Life program that is now recognised worldwide as best practice for the treatment and prevention of anxiety in children and adolescents.rkshop, dissemination, implementation and program translation for your country of origin

Key References:
Barrett, P.M, Farrell, L.J., Ollendick, T., & Dadds, M. (2006). Long-term data from an Australian FRIENDS universal prevention trial. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 35(3), 403-411. 
Barrett, P.M., Duffy, A., Dadds, M.R., & Rapee, R.  (2001).  Cognitive-behavioural treatment of anxiety disorders in children: Long-term (6-year) follow-up.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 69 (1), 135-141. 
Barrett, P.M., Dadds, M.R., & Rapee, R.  (1996).  Family treatment of childhood anxiety: A controlled trial.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 64, 333-342.