The information in this program outline is provided by the program representative and edited by the CEBC staff. The Building Confidence program has been rated by the CEBC in the area of: Anxiety Treatment (Child & Adolescent).

• Types of Maltreatment: Does not target any specific kind of maltreatment
• Target Population: Typically developing school-aged children diagnosed with childhood anxiety disorders (6-11 years old) and their families.

Building Confidence is a cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) that is provided to school-aged children who demonstrate clinically significant symptoms of a range of anxiety disorders (e.g., separation anxiety disorder). The format consists of individual child therapy combined with parent-training and involvement. The goal is to enhance the learning and maintenance of treatment strategies via child and parent involvement in treatment. Both children and their parents are taught fundamental CBT principles and techniques as well as integrating ways to build confidence through graduated learning and practice of age-appropriate self-independence skills. In-session exposures are extended into the home where parents assist children complete home-based exposures in the community by providing coaching in CBT strategies and naturalistic opportunities to practice and maintain treatment goals and effects. In line with these overarching treatment goals, the intervention program also works closely with the children’s schools and teachers to promote the practice and generalization of treatment goals in the school (e.g., social anxiety).