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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 5, 2013).

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.