A clinician's guide to helping children cope and cooperate with medical care : an applied behavioral approach /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Slifer, Keith J., 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.
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Table of Contents:
  • A child's experience of medical settings and health care
  • Introduction to applied behavior analysis and behavior principles
  • Parent-child interactions in medical situations
  • Fundamentals of general behavior management for parents and other caregivers
  • Helping young, developmentally delayed, and highly anxious children cooperate with routine physical examinations
  • Helping children, parents, and medical caregivers cope with child distress and discomfort during immunizations
  • Cooperation and motion control for diagnostic tests and treatments
  • Cooperation with vision and hearing tests and treatments
  • Cooperation and adherence with breathing treatments and respiratory assistance technology
  • Teaching children to swallow pills and capsules
  • Adherence with oral medication and other medical self-care
  • Teaching children with chronic medical conditions to cope with repeated needle sticks and other painful procedures.