Qinisile Pearl Dlamini, Moses Mefika Sithole, Josiline Chigwada
Mapping the research and development (R&D) landscape using a data series: A 20-year reflection on measuring R&D capacity in South Africa
Data in brief
autistic youth frequently experience anxiety negatively affect home friends school autistic youth difficulty accessing mental health care particularly true youth traditionally underserved backgrounds providing mental health programs schools may increase access care autistic youth anxiety purpose study train interdisciplinary school providers deliver schoolbased facing fears cognitive behavior therapy program anxiety autistic youth seventyseven interdisciplinary school providers across 25 elementarymiddle schools trained colleagues members research trainthetrainer approach eightyone students autism suspected autism ages 814 years randomly assigned either schoolbased facing fears usual care students schoolbased facing fears showed significant reductions anxiety compared students usual care according caregiver student report measures involved examining change provider cognitive behavior therapy knowledge training determining well interdisciplinary school providers able deliver schoolbased facing fears results indicated interdisciplinary school providers showed significant improvements cognitive behavior therapy knowledge training interdisciplinary school providers able deliver schoolbased facing fears activities good quality positive outcomes study encouraging training interdisciplinary school providers deliver schoolbased facing fears may increase access care anxious autistic students future directions limitations discussed