Prevention and early intervention of anxiety problems in young children: A pilot evaluation of Cool Little Kids Online.

"This study was supported by NHMRC Early Career Fellowship (1052544) awarded to Dr Morgan and a grant from the auDA Foundation. We want to thank the Victorian preschool services in Greater Bendigo, Glen Eira, and Yarra Ranges, for promoting the study and all the families who took part in the study and provided valuable feedback on the program. We also wish to thank Dr. Heidi Lyneham for input into the program's development and providing the Online Assessment of Anxiety; Dr. Nahal Goharpey for providing clinician support to parents and reviewing the OAPA reports; Elizabeth Bragianis for reviewing the OAPA reports; and Dr. Lauren McLellan for her support of the program's technical development."

"This pilot study was an uncontrolled pre-post trial with random allocation to two active intervention arms: clinician support versus no clinician support. At the end of the baseline questionnaire a computer script randomly allocated parents to study arms in a 1:1 allocation (simple randomization). Participants were given 10 weeks to access the Cool Little Kids Online program, after which they were invited to complete the post-questionnaire online. The study was approved by the La Trobe University Human Ethics Committee (14-021) and was registered with the Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ACTRN12614000659606)."