As an occupational therapist working with children and adolescents who have special needs, I am repeatedly impressed by the amazing love and perseverance of their parents. Supporting and encouraging parents is the most important job of doctors and therapists who are trying to help children and adolescents. I repeatedly recall my doctoral dissertation on parental […]
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The FAB Sensory Match Strategy uses individualized sensory coping strategies and reinforcement to reduce self-injurious behaviors in adolescents with psychiatric challenges. Effective treatment approaches for self-injurious behavior such as DBT, CBT, and ARC teach adolescents to use generalized coping strategies to replace self-injurious behaviors. However, research reports that adolescent self-injurers have significantly increased sensory modulation
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