The Effects of a School-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Curriculum on Mental Health and Academic Outcomes for Adolescents with Disabilities

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dc.contributor.advisorSeeley, John
dc.contributor.authorSinclair, James
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-27T18:42:55Z
dc.date.available2016-10-27T18:42:55Z
dc.date.issued2016-10-27
dc.description.abstractTransition age youth with disabilities are at an elevated risk to experience depression and anxiety compared to youth without disabilities. The current study evaluates the implementation feasibility, acceptability, and potential efficacy of the Think, Be, Do curriculum (a mental health curriculum) for transition age students in special education classrooms. The Think, Be, Do curriculum is a teacher delivered, ten-session mental health curriculum, based in cognitive behavioral and ecological theory, that promotes behavior activation and cognitive reframing of negative thoughts. A total of 11 classrooms were recruited and 115 students participated in a randomized controlled trial. Classrooms were randomly assigned to either treatment (n = 7) or control condition (n = 4). Treatment condition classrooms were exposed to the Think, Be, Do curriculum twice a week for five weeks. Control condition classrooms were instructed to continue business as usual. Results from the pre-post feasibility trial indicate that the Think, Be, Do curriculum was feasible to implement with high fidelity, and was acceptable to the teachers who implemented the curriculum and for student participants. In addition, student knowledge increased on common mental health concerns (e.g., depression and anxiety) for participants in the treatment condition. There were no clinically meaningful differences found between conditions on the putative mechanisms (e.g., behavior activation, negative thoughts), internalizing and externalizing symptoms, and academic competence. Implications for research and practice are discussed, including the need for further curriculum adaptation, development of reliable and valid mental health measures, and the need for a more targeted implementation approach.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/20479
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.
dc.subjectCognitive behavioral therapyen_US
dc.subjectHigh schoolen_US
dc.subjectMental healthen_US
dc.subjectSpecial educationen_US
dc.titleThe Effects of a School-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Curriculum on Mental Health and Academic Outcomes for Adolescents with Disabilities
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineDepartment of Special Education and Clinical Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregon
thesis.degree.leveldoctoral
thesis.degree.namePh.D.

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