C.A.T. Project
Overview
Focus
Specific Skills
- Decrease negative child behavior
- Emotional awareness
- Social skills
- Improve school climate
Program Length
16 sessions
Program Description
"An outgrowth of the popular Coping Cat Program, the CAT Project provides sixteen sessions for individual cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) for anxiety in older adolescents (14-17 years of age) using a workbook format. Content has been modified for use with the older population."
Visit Program WebsiteCost
$26.95 per manual
More Pricing DetailsDemographics & Delivery
Intended Population
- Intensified intervention
Grade
- Middle School
- High School
Intended Group Size
- Individual
- Small group
ELL/DLL
- Unspecified
Multisensory Applications
- Yes
Computer-Based Delivery
- None
Scripted
- Instructor Scripted
Program Specifics
Comprehensive or Skill Specific
- Skill Specific
Placement Tests
- No
Accelerated Learning
- No
Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery
- No
Error Correction Built In
- No
Fidelity Measures Provided by Publisher
- Unspecified
Research & Evaluation
Research Summary
The results of multiple randomized controlled trials revealed clinically significant reductions in anxiety symptoms for adolescents who were treated for anxiety symptoms with the C.A.T. Project program. The results also suggested that interventions such as the C.A.T. program are most effective when paired with psychopharmacological therapy.
Study Citations
Cummings, C. M., Caporino, N. E., Settipani, C. A., Read, K. L., Compton, S. N., March, J., Sherrill, J., Piacentini, J., McCracken, J., Walkup, J. T., Ginsburg, G., Albano, A. M., Rynn, M., Birmaher, B., Sakolsky, D., Gosch, E., Keeton, C., & Kendall, P. (2013). The therapeutic relationship in cognitive-behavioral therapy and pharmacotherapy for anxious youth. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 81(5), 859-864. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0033294
Ginsburg, G. S., Kendall, P. C., Sakolsky, D., Compton, S. N., Piacentini, J., Albano, A. M., Walkup, J. T., Sherrill, J., Coffey, K. A., Rynn, M. A., Keeton, C. P., McCracken, J. T., Bergman, L., Iyengar, S., Birmaher, B., & March, J. (2011). Remission after acute treatment in children and adolescents with anxiety disorders: Findings from the CAMS. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 79(6), 806-813. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025933
Ginsburg, G. S., Becker, E. M., Keeton, C. P., Sakolsky, D., Piacentini, J., Albano, A. M., Compton, S. N., Iyengar, S., Sullivan, K., Caporino, N., Peris, T., Birmaher, B., Rynn, M., March J., & Kendall, P. C. (2014). Naturalistic follow-up of youths treated for pediatric anxiety disorders. Journal of the American Medical Association Psychiatry (JAMA Psychiatry), 71(3), 310-318. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.4186
Peris, T. S., Compton, S. N., Kendall, P. C., Birmaher, B., Sherrill, J., March, J., Gosch, E., Ginsburg, G., Rynn, M., McCracken, J. T., Keeton, C. P., Sakolsky, D., Suveg, C., Aschenbrand, S., Almirall, D., Iyengar, S., Walkup, J. T., Albano, A. M., & Piacentini, J. (2015). Trajectories of change in youth anxiety during cognitive-behavior therapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 83(2), 239-252. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0038402
Walkup, J., Albano, A. M., Piacentini, J., Birmaher, B., Compton, S., Sherrill, J., Ginsburg, G. S., Rynn, M. A., McCracken, J., Waslick, B., Iyengar, S., March, J. S., & Kendall, P. C. (2008). Cognitive behavioral therapy, sertraline, or a combination in childhood anxiety. New England Journal of Medicine, 359, 2753-2766. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa0804633
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)
- Evidence-based practice