The Study Without Stress Program was developed and researched by a team of psychologists from Macquarie University and supported by a grant from the James Kirby Foundation.
Dr Belcher is a clinical psychology registrar and post-doctoral research fellow at the Lifespan Health and Wellbeing Research Centre and School of Psychological Sciences and Macquarie University. Dr Belcher’s research focuses on academic stress and anxiety among adolescents, as well as translating this research into interventions to help adolescents manage symptoms of stress and anxiety.
Jennifer Kashro is a registered psychologist at the Emotional Health Clinic at Macquarie University. She has supported research trials focused on evaluating current evidence-based therapies for children who experience anxiety. Jennifer also delivers the Study Without Stress student workshops and parent presentations. These workshops aim to help students and their parents to understand study stress during their final years of secondary school.
Professor Wuthrich, is a Clinical Psychologist and Professor in the School of Psychological Sciences at Macquarie University. She is also the Director of the Macquarie University Lifespan Health and Wellbeing Research Centre. Professor Wuthrich developed the original Study Without Stress program, and all its adaptations and evaluations.
We are grateful to the James N Kirby Foundation and Medical Research Future Fund (awarded to Viviana Wuthrich) for funding to create the SWoS Online program. 
We would like to acknowledge Samantha Kuhn for creating the online platform for SWoS Online.
We would like to acknowledge the advice and support from Dr Lauren McLellan. We would like to acknowledge the assistance of staff from the Lifespan Health & Wellbeing Research Centre and its Emotional Health Clinic for their assistance in developing this program.
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