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

越来越多的孩子有一个过度激活的压力反应系统，导致压力，焦虑，破坏和脱离的感觉-因为孩子们试图科普他们的“战斗/逃跑”系统。这代表了身心之间的脱节，这体现在行为上。CalmBrain是一种创新的数字化心理干预方法，由临床心理学家顾问创建，适用于所有儿童，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的研究成果。（治疗学的神经顺序模型：布鲁斯佩里博士），依恋理论和原始反射（儿童发展）。它提供了一个创新的干预计划，目标是提出的困难，（注意力分散、干扰、专注、激动、合作、尊重、学习困难、焦虑、冷静和动力），并随时间跟踪进展。这种开创性的独特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，难以获得。CalmBrain非常具有成本效益，并使所有儿童受益。由于在过去四年中，随着产品的开发，采用这种方法的学校对CalmBrain的评价很有希望，CalmBrain正在展示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，学校通过减少咨询和其他较低水平的心理健康支持的成本，每花费1英镑在CalmBrain上，就可以节省24.92英镑的成本。为了挖掘其潜力，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。该项目的目标是衡量CalmBrain的成果。通过使用具有高度普遍有效性和可靠性的评估来衡量有效性。创新资助服务允许我们研究这一点，并有两个结果与之相关：1\。衡量该计划如何有效地解决儿童的平静，同时提高学习成绩和减少心理健康支持成本。2\.测量减少教师的压力，减少病假，提高工作满意度和改善福祉。然后，它资助独立研究论文的写作和出版，以验证CalmBrain的有效性，这为那些希望在他们获得的服务中看到明显成果的学校提供了可信度，以加快采用。

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.