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Project Title

Project Title

Secret Agent Society classroom

Principal Investigator

Principal Investigator

Sofronoff, Kate

Description

Description

The purpose of the Secret Agent Society whole classroom project is to trial a program that fits within the Grade 5 curriculum and teaches skills in emotion recognition and emotion regulation, friendship building and social skills (talking and playing with others), as well as organisation and planning skills and skills to boost children's self-esteem and respect individual differences. The overarching aim of this project is to assist children with high-functioning autism to integrate successfully in mainstream classrooms and develop skills enabling them to manage and regulate their emotions more successfully in the social context. The research objectives are: (a) To finalise the Secret Agent Society social-emotional skills program for the whole of classroom delivery; (b) To obtain ethical clearance from both university and education committees; ( c) To recruit 10 Queensland schools to participate in the program trial; (d) To train teachers to deliver the program using both face-to-face and online modalities; (e) To establish the supervision for teachers delivering the program; (f) To recruit a suitable PhD candidate to complete work associated with this trial. Following the completion of this project, the classroom program will be evaluated by a randomised controlled trial, initially in Queensland, then followed by simultaneous recruitment across New South Wales, Victoria, and Western Australia. It is then intended to conduct follow-up with 20 students in Queensland who completed the classroom program and have transitioned to high school.

Funder

Funder

Cooperative Research Centre for Living with Autism

Funding Country

Funding Country

Australia

Fiscal Year Funding

Fiscal Year Funding

0

Current Award Period

Current Award Period

2013-2019

Strategic Plan Question

Strategic Plan Question

Question 4: Which Treatments and Interventions Will Help?

Funder’s Project Link

Funder’s Project Link

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Institution

Institution

University of Queensland

Institute Location

Institute Location

Australia

Project Number

Project Number

2.008RC

Government or Private

Government or Private

Private

History/Related Projects

History/Related Projects

Secret Agent Society classroom_positive partnerships | 126684 | 2016 | 2.008RC_PP

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