cognitive behavioral therapy and children

Cognitive behavioral therapy and children makes use of techniques and methods that help children with their learning capabilities as well as their environmental behaviors.  That is, identifying images and sounds may mean using a repetition technique such as flashcards to help the child learn an image or sound.  Moreover, by using images in different formats such as placing the image of a hat on one’s head or a hat on a chair or a hat on a stairway gives the child opportunities for seeing the same image in realistic situations.  With better understanding of one’s surroundings, behavior can change toward the "confidence of knowing" rather than the "fear of not knowing" about all the things the senses pick up in one’s “world.”

Links below for further information:

http://www.childtrends.org/Lifecourse/programs/CognitiveBehaviorTherapy.htm

http://psychologytoday.com/pto/methods.html

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