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A 12-module online program, based on the Coping Cat, that helps kids ages 7 to 13 learn strategies to manage stress and anxiety with the help of a coach.

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  • Built on Coping Cat
  • Tested in randomized clinical trials
  • Rated Promising Research Evidence by the CEBC
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Camp Cope-A-Lot Online

Philip C. Kendall, Ph.D., ABPP & Muniya Khanna, Ph.D.
Temple University & The OCD & Anxiety Institute

Camp Cope-A-Lot is a 12-module online program to help kids learn strategies to manage stress and anxiety. The program is based on cognitive behavioral therapy techniques (based on the Coping Cat treatment) for children and teens ages 7 to 13. With the help of a coach, children can learn evidence-based strategies for understanding and managing stress and fears.

Children advance on their own and at their own pace through the first 6 sessions, and through the last 6 sessions with coach (therapist or parent) guidance. Along with other campers at Camp Cope-A-Lot, the child goes to an amusement park, puts on a talent show, meets someone new, speaks in public, sleeps in the dark, and experiences other adventures.

Ideal for many settings

Camp Cope-A-Lot works in schools, community clinics, private practices, hospitals, and training clinics. Advantages include:

No formal CBT training required

Coaches are guided step by step.

Fewer therapist hours

About 6 hours per child for the 12 sessions.

Real examples

Videos of other children doing exposure tasks and using coping strategies.

Go-To-Gadget workbook

A printable child workbook comes with the program.

View sample activities

We hope that you find these tools useful in your own practice. Thank you for your dedication to helping children manage stress and anxiety!

Identifying physiological symptoms of anxietyWatch on YouTubePractice using coping skills in real situationsWatch on YouTubeProblem-solving skills trainingWatch on YouTubeVideo examples of in vivo exposuresWatch on YouTube
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20 years of Camp Cope-A-Lot

Camp Cope-A-Lot has been used in hospitals, clinics, and homes for two decades, helping tens of thousands of young people across the U.S. access evidence-based care they otherwise may not have reached.

20Years in use
200+Schools and districts
Tens of thousandsYoung people reached
250+Research citations since 2010
Where Camp Cope-A-Lot is used
Cincinnati Children’sChildren’s Hospital of PhiladelphiaCleveland ClinicUniversity of Texas at AustinBoston Public SchoolsSutter HealthKaiser PermanenteRochester Public SchoolsCity of San FranciscoIowa City SchoolsPennsauken School DistrictPhiladelphia School DistrictScarsdale Board of EducationKennedy KriegerArlington Public SchoolsGreater Watertown Community Health FoundationExeter-West Greenwich Regional School District

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Bring Camp Cope-A-Lot home or to your practice

Online, self-paced, and coach-supported, for kids ages 7 to 13. Use it at home with a parent as coach, or in a school, clinic, or private practice.

“If you are a parent of a child struggling with anxiety and you’re not sure where to start, Camp Cope-A-Lot is the right place.”

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The team behind Coping Cat

Meet the developers

Camp Cope-A-Lot was created and tested by Dr. Philip C. Kendall and Dr. Muniya Khanna, the team behind the Coping Cat program. Together they also developed CATS, a school-based version of Coping Cat.

Philip C. Kendall, Ph.D., ABPP
Philip C. Kendall, Ph.D., ABPPDistinguished University Professor, Temple University, and Director of the Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic
  • Author of The Coping Cat
  • 800+ publications
  • 2025 APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology

Dr. Kendall is the author of The Coping Cat, the most studied and proven psychotherapeutic treatment for child anxiety. His treatment programs have been translated into dozens of languages.

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 Muniya Khanna, Ph.D.
Muniya Khanna, Ph.D.Clinical psychologist and Founder & Director, The OCD & Anxiety Institute
  • ABCT Fellow
  • ABCT Pioneer, 2021
  • Co-author of The CAT Project: CBT for Anxiety in Adolescents
  • Co-developer of CATS: CBT for Anxiety Treatment in Schools
  • 15+ years of continuous NIH funding

Dr. Khanna developed the first evidence-based e-learning programs for childhood anxiety, including Camp Cope-A-Lot and Child Anxiety Tales. She contributed to landmark trials that established gold-standard treatments, including CAMS (The New England Journal of Medicine) and the Pediatric OCD Treatment Study (JAMA).

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Programs and books by Dr. Kendall and Dr. Khanna
Camp Cope-A-LotCamp Cope-A-LotProgram for kidsChild Anxiety TalesChild Anxiety TalesProgram for parentsThe Resilience RecipeThe Resilience RecipeBook for parentsThe CAT Project ManualThe CAT Project ManualTherapist manualCATS (K-8)CATS (K-8)School group manual

Research evaluating Camp Cope-A-Lot

Independent reviewRated by the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC)

The CEBC reviews published research on programs for children and families and rates the strength of the evidence.

3Anxiety Treatment (Child & Adolescent)Promising Research Evidence
3Digital Mental Health Interventions (Youth/Young Adult)Promising Research Evidence
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6 published studies, from the first randomized trial (2008) to community clinics (2015)
  1. Storch, E.A., Salloum, A., King, M.A., Crawford, E.A., Andel, R., McBride, N.M., & Lewin, A.B. (2015). A randomized controlled trial in community mental health centers of computer-assisted cognitive behavioral therapy versus treatment as usual for children with anxiety. Depression and Anxiety, 32(11).
  2. Blocher, J. B., Fujikawa, M., Sung, C., Jackson, D. C., & Jones, J. E. (2013). Computer-assisted cognitive behavioral therapy for children with epilepsy and anxiety: A pilot study. Epilepsy & Behavior, 27(1), 70-76.
  3. Crawford, E.A., Salloum, A., Lewin, A.B., Andel, R., Murphy, T.K., & Storch, E.A. (2013). A pilot study of computer-assisted cognitive-behavioral therapy for childhood anxiety in community mental health centers. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 27(3), 221-234.
  4. Salloum, A., Crawford, E.A., Lewin, A.B., & Storch, E.A. (2013). Consumers and providers perceptions of utilizing a computerized cognitive behavioral therapy for childhood anxiety. Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 1-11.
  5. Khanna, M. S., & Kendall, P. C. (2010). Computer-assisted cognitive behavioral therapy for child anxiety: Results of a randomized clinical trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 78(5), 737-745.
  6. Khanna, M. S., & Kendall, P. C. (2008). Computer assisted CBT for child anxiety: The Coping Cat CD-ROM. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 15, 159-165.

What Camp Cope-A-Lot is not

Camp Cope-A-Lot does not replace professional psychological, medical, or mental health services or treatment.

The program does not take the place of treatment and is not sufficient for the treatment of an anxiety disorder on its own. Camp Cope-A-Lot and CopingCatParents.com are for educational purposes. We recommend that parents seek psychological, medical, or mental health services for their children whenever a mental health or psychiatric disorder is questioned or suspected.

Please note: Following a security update on all Windows platforms, the original Camp Cope-A-Lot stopped working on most computers, so we converted it to a fully online program (no DVD required), now called Camp Cope-A-Lot Online. The main CBT content is the same as in the original used in the research studies above, but the online program is not designed to save camper data. We recommend (as in the original version) that campers use the Go-To-Gadget to record their ladder from week to week and to record homework and review activities. The Go-To-Gadget can be downloaded and printed from within the program.

Scope

A number of conditions fall outside the scope of the Coping Cat Parents website and the Child Anxiety Tales and Camp Cope-A-Lot programs, including, among others:

  • Depression, suicidality, and bipolar disorder
  • Substance-related disorders
  • Eating disorders
  • Schizophrenia and psychotic disorders
  • Developmental disorders
  • Intellectual disability
  • Personality disorders
  • Learning, motor skills, and communication disorders
  • Tic disorders
  • Trichotillomania (or other body-focused repetitive or impulse control disorders)

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