Acercamiento is a learning program for children and adolescents (7 to 16 years) who are experiencing excessive fear and anxiety. In our program, children learn to face their fears. They learn effective ways to manage their worries, the physical symptoms associated with anxiety, and avoidance behaviors. Each child is first evaluated to determine the precise nature of his or her situation and to ensure appropriateness for participation in our program. Children whose main problem is determined to be related to anxiety or fear are eligible to participate. There is no charge for the evaluation or for participation in our program. Acercamiento is conducted under the auspices of Arizona State University and under the direction of Dr. Armando A. Piña.

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Dr. Pina is a member of the Developmental faculty and also is affiliated with the Clinical faculty. He is interested in the study of intra-individual level risk factors in the development of anxiety disorders in youths and the evaluation of psychosocial preventive and treatment interventions for use with this population. Dr. Pina's work integrates ethnocultural and child-adolescent anxiety research and is aimed at developing empirically informed, culturally robust assessment and intervention strategies for youth.

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