RespireAR™ “يا رايق Be Cool” Pilot Program

Digital therapy addressing anxiety in children

The Middle East Children’s Institute (MECI), together with Muvik Labs, are excited to announce their first collaboration: a bespoke version of Muvik Labs’ immersive BreathConductor™digital therapy for stress resilience fully customised in Arabic for children and adolescents. This intervention uses guided breathing as a safe, non-pharmacological way to relieve stress and enhance cognition, delivered through phone and computer technology. The program is now in full pilot with MECI in the West Bank of Palestine, with clinical trials scheduled from late Q1 and results published in 2022.

Digital therapy addressing anxiety in children

RespireAR™ “يا رايق Be Cool” Pilot Program

The Middle East Children’s Institute (MECI) and Muvik Labs are pleased to announce a partnership created to evaluate a personalized, on-demand, technology to reduce anxiety, mitigate stress, and build resilience. As a first step in this collaboration we implemented a bespoke version of Muvik Labs’ BreathConductorTM customized for Arabic children enrolled in the MECI program.

Digital therapy addressing anxiety in children

RespireAR™ “يا رايق Be Cool” Pilot Program

Addressing a children’s crisis

Anxiety in children is well documented as inhibiting learning capability.

For any child dealing with anxiety and its related triggers, access to a simple, efficient, and effective solution is key. For children and adolescents in regions with ongoing conflict and exposure to trauma, increased anxiety levels and decreased focus make it difficult to concentrate on their education. In cases of this nature, an on-demand anxiety solution can be life changing. MECI seeks to identify solutions that can be delivered with ease, are scalable, as well as intuitive, and cost effective. The RespireARTM “يا رايق Be Cool” program powered by BreathConductorTM meets these requirements: On-demand, easy to use, scalable, and demonstrates reduction in anxiety while building stress resilience.

The Pilot Program

1st digital tool available in Arabic to address anxiety needs of children in the Middle East

The Pilot consists of ongoing therapy courses of 8 to 12 weeks duration, conducted on a clinical trial basis, registered with IRSCTN. MECI program leaders have been trained to conduct the breathing sessions. The proof-of-concept trial of 8 weeks engaged 60 boys and girls, aged 6 – 10, returned significant positive results in anxiety reduction, supported by confirmatory observations of other teachers and school staff. Once this data is fully analysed, the next round of courses will commence, with a target start date of late Q1, 2022. The Pilot is under independent academic supervision and will gather real-world evidence on the effects of Muvik Labs music-guided respiration protocol for the management of symptoms related to anxiety.

BreathConductor™

Science-backed breathing AI for a safe, accessible, drug-free way to better manage stress and anxiety.

Clinical studies show that slow, rhythmic breathing positively impacts the brain and calms the stress response, and offers proven health benefits in areas such as neurological function, cardiovascular and behavioural health. Muvik’s digital breathing therapy works through physiological and psychological mechanisms to help individuals self-manage their mental and emotional responses to stress, improve focus and stay calm, and change the way they engage with their health. BreathConductor™is the suite of service offerings for Muvik clients, and RespireAR™is the configurable technology used to deliver personalized programs to client’s user groups.

Fully customised for MECI, the RespireAR™ “يا رايق Be Cool” Pilot Program’s immersive digital therapy uses short, engaging video exercises featuring science-based sound and music to help children access the benefits of deep breathing with little or no instruction. The personalized therapy content will be further adapted for adolescents, with specific interventions and stressor related customizations for this age group.

Partners

Muvik Labs

Augmented reality technologies and music-based algorithms are revolutionising the approach to many wellness and performance challenges. Muvik Labs is a digital therapy provider pioneering adaptive multi-sensory technology and the leader in evidence-based BreathConductor™ precision respiration therapeutics. Muvik’s adaptive technology provides a unique, generative audio / video framework for multi-sensory wellness coaching, and guided breathing therapy using seamless and intuitive auditory feedback for personalized digital therapeutics. Muvik Labs is unlocking audio’s potential to empower.

MECI

MECI is a Swiss and US registered NGO that acts as a long-term catalyst committed to lessening the human cost of Middle East conflict, poverty and violence, child by child, school by school, community by community. MECI offers breakthrough moments where hope is the inspiration and education the means. For 15 years, MECI has conducted educational programs in 5 schools in the Bani Zaid governorate of the West Bank, through a child centred, community-based holistic model which embraces women as powerful agents of change. MECI puts psychosocial support (PSS) and individual healing at the core of its educational programs. The RespireAR™“يا رايق Be Cool” Pilot is MECI’s first digital innovation in its PSS curriculum.

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Digital Therapy addressing Anxiety in Children