Whether you’re a parent whose child has difficulty attending school, or a school counselor or mental health professional trying to navigate this issue, you’re likely
Why Do Kids Refuse School?
Imagine for a second that your child suddenly stops going to school. What would you do? How would you try to get them out the house when they adamantly don’t want to? How would you stop them just playing video games or watching TV all day? How would you keep them up to date on schoolwork?
Let Contingencies Do The Work!
I have previously written how you can make exposures fun and use rewards to help your child engage in treatment with greater motivation. Now I want to write a brief follow-up about something I touched upon in those articles.
Making Anxiety Treatment Rewarding
If you or your child experiences significant anxiety you’ll know how incredibly challenging it can be to manage. There is hope, as cognitive behavior therapy,
Enhancing Exposure Therapy: Generalization For OCD Treatment
This article is a follow-up to my social anxiety generalization guide. Today let’s talk about how you can create generalization in treatment for OCD. This
Treating A Fear Of Flying – Part III: Written While On A Plane
In Part I and Part II you have created your hierarchy, completed various exposures, and learned how to block safety behaviors so that your exposures work