CBT in Australian Schools

Hi! My name is Ben, and this is my first post on this forum with my own topic.
Anyways, I used to have OCD, which is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Basically, that means that I have intrusive thoughts and images that essentially make me feel "bad". When I had OCD, to counter these feelings, I did "rituals", nonsensical things such as tying my shoe 5 times, or tapping my foot 3 times in a row every time I heard the word "cow" to try and get the bad feeling to go away.
The reason I am bringing this up is because one of the treatments currently for OCD is CBT, which stands for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. What that is, is reevaluating your brain patterns, and noticing and being aware of how your brain works, and what actions you engage in, and how those actions affect your quality of life, as well as your mental and physical health. For example, if someone with OCD tied their shoes 5 times every time they heard the word "cow", they would get help from a therapist, and look at what they did- tying their shows, as a "ritual", and realizing that doing a ritual makes you feel worse in the long run. They would then use this knowledge to NOT tie their shoes 5 times in a row next time, and end up living a more enjoyable life.
There have been studies that show that with kids with anxiety disorders when they are younger, such as OCD, who received CBT a treatment, now lead healthier, higher functioning lives than kids who when they were younger, had no anxiety disorder. The reason is that when you learn CBT, which is actually a very Buddhist philosophy of life, you apply what you've learned about your OCD to normal life. For example, if I knew that tying my shoe 5 times every time I hear the word "cow" wouldn't make me feel good in the long run, I would apply the same concept to a decision of whether or not to have sex at a young age, or doing drugs. It sounds like a stretch but it's really not. Because these kids have that mindset, they are able to make healthier, and better decisions that people face from day to day, and end up living a life of higher functioning.
Now, this brings me to my point. Currently, CBT is being taught as a part of the regular Health curriculum in Australian schools. It is being taught in elementary school grades, in order to get the kids familiar with that type of thinking at a young age.
I know that was long, but what do you guys think? Knowing what I told you about CBT, do you think that it would be a good choice to introduce CBT to American curriculums? What are the pros and cons to this?

~Ben