Multimodal Anxiety and Social Skills Intervention
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Multimodal Anxiety and Social Skills Intervention (MASSI)
Basic Characteristics
- Description
The MASSI Intervention is based on the principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and designed for adolescents between 12-17 years old. The therapist works with the adolescent to explore how cognition contributes to anxious feelings and avoidance behaviors, and how these feelings and behaviors in turn affect cognition. It also utilizes some concepts found in Applied Behavior Analysis by teaching the appropriate behaviors to meet an individual's goals or replacing undesirable behaviors with more acceptable behaviors that have the same function. There is both a individual therapy component and group therapy component.
Three elements embedded into the treatment are parental involvement, individual therapy, and group treatment. New skills are practiced regularly via role-playing and exposure exercises. The group therapy allows individuals to practice in a more naturalistic setting. MASSI therapists focus on immediate, direct, and specific feedback on performance and effort. There is an emphasis on corrective, positive social learning experiences. 1
- History
The MASSI is extremely new and a randomized clinical trial to evaluate efficacy is undergoing. Feasibility data indicate that the intervention was acceptable to consumers and could be delivered as intended with adherence to the curriculum.1
Criticisms
References
1. White SW et. al. Development of a cognitive-behavioral intervention program to treat anxiety and social deficits in teens with high-functioning autism.Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev. 2010 Mar;13(1):77-90. PMID 20091348
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