The Development of a Psychoeducational Tool to Manage Anxiety in People With Autism Spectrum Disorders

The intervention is focused on psychoeducation. Four psychoeducation guides will be available: parent/caregiver, adult with ASD, adolescent with ASD, and child with ASD. The guides introduce the concept of anxiety and how it presents in individuals with ASD, different anxiety triggers, strategies that can be used to manage anxiety, and an introduction to specific anxiety disorders. Level of detail, language and presentation of content will vary across the guides to be appropriate for the functioning level of the readers.