%0 Journal Article %T Training school mental health providers to deliver cognitive-behavioral therapy %J School mental health %D 2012 %A Beidas, Rinad S. %A Mychailyszyn, Matthew P. %A Edmunds, Julie M. %A Khanna, Muniya S. %A Downey, Margaret Mary %A Kendall, Philip C. %V 4 %N 4 %P 197-206 %X Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent mental health difficulties experienced by youth. A well-established literature has identified cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) as the gold-standard psychosocial treatment for youth anxiety disorders. Access to CBT in community clinics is limited, but a potential venue for the provision of CBT for child anxiety disorders is the school setting. The present study examined a subset of data from a larger study in which therapists from a variety of settings, including schools, were trained in CBT for child anxiety (N = 17). The study investigated the relationship between provider- and organizational-level variables associated with training and implementation among school mental health providers. The present findings indicate a positive relationship between provider attitudes and adherence to CBT. Self-reported barriers to implementation were also identified. Integrating CBT into school mental health providers' repertoires through training and consultation is a critical step for dissemination and implementation of empirically supported psychosocial treatments.

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%G en %I Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group %@ 1866-2625 %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12310-012-9074-0