Managing Your Child's Chronic Pain
By: Tonya M. Palermo, Ph.D., Emily F. Law, Ph.D.
Contributors: Law, Emily F., author
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780199330041
Subjects: Chronic pain; Popular works; Treatment; Pain in children; Cognitive therapy for children
Description: "Managing Your Child's Chronic Pain is a resource for parents to learn how to help their children and families cope with persisting pain using cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), an effective intervention to treat children with chronic pain"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: How pain affects children and families; title: Getting help and setting goals; title: Relaxation methods for children and teenagers; title: Praise, attention and reward systems; title: Lifestyle factors; title: Sleep interventions; title: School and social life; title: Coping with pain, stress and other problems; title: Special topics by age and development level: issues for young children and older adolescents; title: Reflection, maintenance, and prevention.