Working on Worries Support and Intervention (WOWSI)

Supporting children with fears and anxiety through schools.

Working on Worries Support and Intervention (WOWSI) is a pilot project. It's helping 80 primary schools offer parent-led cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for children with fears, worries and anxiety.

Parents use an evidence-based online platform called Online support and intervention (opens in new window). Developed by clinical psychologists at Reading and Oxford Universities. The programme includes 7 online modules that guide parents and carers in helping their child manage and overcome their fears.

Trained school staff support parents by meeting with them for 20 minutes each week while they work through the modules.

The project runs until July 2026 and is supported by Early Help, the West Sussex Parent Carer Forum, the Educational Psychology Service, and Thought-Full.

For more information about WOWSI please visit: Working on Worries Support and Intervention (WOWSI) - West Sussex County Council (opens in new window) or contact wowsi@westsussex.gov.uk.

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If you require any of this information in an alternative format, then please contact us Thriving in Education via email at wowsi@westsussex.gov.uk or by telephone on 07864688296 and we will do our best to assist you. If you are deaf or hard of hearing and have an NGT texting app installed on your computer, laptop or smartphone, you can contact us on 18001 07864688296.

Please note, you can use the Google Translate function to access this project in a range of different languages. The Google Translate widget can be found at the top left-hand side of the project page, where it sits just above the black West Sussex County Council ribbon.

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