Full Description
This playful and practical handbook presents one of the first clinically tested treatment protocols for Functional Abdominal Pain (FAP) in young children. Created and tested by Dr. Nancy Zucker with support from the National Institutes of Health, this intervention teaches children to become "FBI agents" (Feeling and Body Investigators) - detectives who investigate and learn to manage their symptoms. Kids develop a newfound trust in their bodies by using strategies that transform fear and confusion into curiosity and humor. This clinical manual provides a detailed step-by-step guide to treatment, including session plans, worksheets and activities, and is supplemented by diagrams, excerpts from case dialogues, references and cartoons. Downloadable full color materials are available online to print and use in individual or group sessions. Offering an effective and fun approach firmly rooted in science, this manual guides clinicians in implementing FBI in their own practices, enabling more children to access this novel treatment.
Contents
Part I. The Background Science and Behind Feeling and Body Investigators: 1. Becoming a feeling and body investigator - pain division; 2. Visceral sensitivity as a superpower; 3. Responsive parenting and creating safety; 4. Discriminating safe from threatening body sensations: the science of interoceptive exposures; 5. The medical evaluation of abdominal pain in children, one general pediatrician's approach; Part II. A Session by Session Guide to Feeling and Body Investigators: 6. Initiation into feeling and body investigators; 7. The eats; 8. The explosions; 9. The zoomies and shakies Part I; 10. The Blahs; 11. The ouchies; 12. Session 7: The drowsies; 13. Session 8: The zoomies and shakies Part 2; 14. Session 9: the soothies; 15. FBI-Pain division chapter 15: session 10, the celebration...and the next leg of our journey..; Part III. Sample Workbook Pages, Handouts, and Additional Resources for Feeling and Body Investigators: Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3.
