Topic

Exposure and avoidance

Facing feared situations gradually and reducing avoidance.

5 resources

Plus membersPractitioner and facilitator guides

For Psychologists

Child Anxiety Ladder for Parents

A parent-friendly guide for helping a child face fears step by step, covering choosing a goal, building a ladder, encouraging bravery, rewarding effort and…

Child anxiety · Exposure and avoidance

Plus membersTemplates and planning tools

For Occupational therapists

Community Access Confidence Plan

An OT-informed plan for building confidence in community settings step by step, from easier to harder places, with strategies, supports and reflection after each…

Community confidence · Community participation

Plus membersPrintable worksheets

For Psychologists

Exposure Ladder Builder

A CBT-informed planner for building a graded exposure hierarchy: name the goal, list feared situations, rate expected distress and plan practice from the easier…

Anxiety and stress · CBT-informed tools

Plus membersPrintable worksheets

For Psychologists

Exposure Practice Record

A detailed record for repeated practice of one exposure step: prediction, expected and actual distress, safety behaviours and what was learned across six practices.

Anxiety and stress · CBT-informed tools

Plus membersPrintable worksheets

For Psychologists

Safety Behaviours Fading Plan

A CBT-informed plan for gradually reducing safety behaviours that keep anxiety going, ranking them, planning steps, predicting outcomes and recording what is learned.

CBT-informed tools · Exposure and avoidance

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