The Effectiveness of CalmBrain - An Emotional Regulation Digital Program for Primary Schools

CalmBrain 的有效性 - 小学情绪调节数码课程

• 批准号: 10059695
• 金额: $ 6.37万
• 依托单位: TANGIBLE PSYCHOLOGY LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10059695
• 关键词: Effectiveness; CalmBrain; Emotional; Regulation; Digital

An increasing number of children have an over-activated stress response system, resulting in feelings of stress, anxiety, disruption and disengagement -- because children are trying to cope with their 'fight/flight' system. This represents a disconnection between mind and body, which is embodied in behaviour. Well publicised outcomes include:* Increased numbers of children difficult to teach in a classroom* Significant increase in mental health issues* Increased numbers of children accessing CAHMS* Increased numbers of children entering foster or residential careCreated by a consultant clinical psychologist, CalmBrain is an innovative digital psychological intervention that benefits all children, especially those who have experienced developmental neglect and/or trauma.Used by primary schools and mental health professionals, CalmBrain's unique scientific approach utilises research incorporated from neuropsychology (Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics: Dr Bruce Perry), attachment theory, and primitive reflexes (child development). It delivers an innovative intervention program that targets presented difficulties (distractibility, disruption, focus, agitation, cooperation, respect, learning difficulty, manageability, calmness and motivation) and tracks progress over time.This groundbreaking and unique approach supports children staying in the classroom without requiring external expertise, which is expensive, under-resourced and difficult to access.CalmBrain is very cost effective and benefits all children. Due to promising reviews from schools that have adopted the approach over the last four years as the product has been developed, CalmBrain is demonstrating the potential to save millions of pounds per annum for schools. A conservative social and economic impact analysis shows schools make a cost saving of £24.92 for every £1 spent on CalmBrain by reducing the cost incurred on counselling and other lower level mental health support.To exploit its potential CalmBrain needs to highlight quantitative data that demonstrates its effectiveness at regulating children and effectively managing mental health.The goal of this project is to measure the outcomes CalmBrain delivers by using assessments which are of high universal validity and reliability to measure effectiveness.The Innovation Funding Service allows us to research this and has two outcomes attached to it: 1\. Measuring how effectively the program addresses children's calmness, whilst improving academic performance and reducing mental health support costs. 2\. Measuring reduced stress in teachers, seen in lower sickness absence, increased job satisfaction and improved wellbeing. It then funds the writing and publication of independent research papers validating the effectiveness of CalmBrain, that provides credibility to expedite adoption by schools that expect to see evidenced outcomes in services they acquire.

越来越多的孩子有过度激活的压力反应系统，导致压力、焦虑、干扰和脱离的感觉——因为孩子们正在努力应对他们的“战斗/逃跑”系统。这代表了精神和身体之间的脱节，这体现在行为上。广泛宣传的结果包括：*在课堂上难以教学的儿童人数增加*心理健康问题显著增加*获得CAHMS的儿童人数增加*进入寄养或寄宿中心的儿童人数增加由咨询临床心理学家创建，CalmBrain是一种创新的数字心理干预，有利于所有儿童，特别是那些经历过发育忽视和/或创伤的儿童。由小学和心理健康专业人员使用，CalmBrain独特的科学方法利用了神经心理学（治疗学的神经序列模型：布鲁斯·佩里博士）、依恋理论和原始反射（儿童发展）的研究。它提供了一个创新的干预方案，针对出现的困难（分心、干扰、集中注意力、激动、合作、尊重、学习困难、可管理性、冷静和动力），并随着时间的推移跟踪进展。这种开创性和独特的方法支持孩子们留在教室里，而不需要外部专业知识，这是昂贵的，资源不足的，难以获得的。CalmBrain非常划算，对所有孩子都有好处。在过去的四年里，随着该产品的开发，许多学校都采用了这种方法，因此，CalmBrain展示了每年为学校节省数百万英镑的潜力。一项保守的社会和经济影响分析显示，学校在CalmBrain上每花费1英镑，就可以节省24.92英镑的成本，因为这减少了咨询和其他低级心理健康支持的成本。为了开发其潜力，CalmBrain需要强调量化数据，以证明其在调节儿童和有效管理心理健康方面的有效性。该项目的目标是通过使用具有高普遍效度和可靠性的评估来衡量CalmBrain交付的结果。创新资助服务允许我们研究这个问题，并附带两个结果：1\。衡量该计划如何有效地解决儿童的冷静，同时提高学习成绩和减少心理健康支持成本。2 \。衡量教师压力的减少，包括病假的减少，工作满意度的提高和幸福感的提高。然后，它资助独立研究论文的撰写和出版，以验证CalmBrain的有效性，这为那些希望在获得的服务中看到证明结果的学校加快采用提供了可信度。