Research opportunity with The Black Dog Institute

In Australia, one in 14 children experience anxiety that interferes with their daily lives, yet only 19% receive appropriate care and support. To address an under-resourced system with increasingly long waitlists, the Black Dog Institute has developed a digital program called Courage Quest to help children with anxiety. Through the Courage Quest program, parents or caregivers and their children learn evidence-based tools used in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), including exposure techniques.

Now, the Institute wants to conduct a clinical trial to investigate what extra features would create the best version of the Courage Quest program for children with anxiety, called Courage Quest Plus.

They need your help with testing these features in the Courage Quest Plus digital program so they know how we can best provide accessible and evidence-based support to Australian children.

We encourage interested families to sign up.

Elise Whiley
Director of Student Wellbeing 7-12