How would you prepare a young child (8 years old) for therapy?!
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Poached preferably, you can try the broiler, but they don't tend to stay still long enough.
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smack'em around a little bit on the way !
well tell them what is going to go on, that they are going to see this person to just talk to and hang out with ever so often. Encorage the therapist to perhaps draw or do puzzles or something in the office that the child enjoys to do so that they will like going there and they can talk at the same time and develop a relationship with the therapist. They may reveal stuff through art work too as they are talking. IT is hard for a child to open up so if there is something like that to help it may be more productive.
what ever you do dont talk to them in a slow voice..that was my first trip to therapy and i was 7 or 8 and i just remember hating the tone of voice that everyone took with me. everyone treated me like i was so fragile and could break at any second and that ended up making me shut shut down before i even walked int the doors.just be open and honost and tell them they are going to meet with some one they can talk to who isnt you..my relationship with my parents are amazing but 1/2 the things i had to talk to my therapist about i was too scared to talk to my parents about.its interesting how children react to tones of voices and to authority..i went to being the person in therapy to majoring in social work and child development which i will be starting next year..as a parent it does get easier..i hope this helped and everything works out
If you are talking about physical therapy, Discuss the procedure with the child. Take him/her to the therapist before he/she actually has the therapy, and possibly show the child how the therapy is going to work, if the therapist agrees.
If this is psychological therapy, explain to the child that the therapist will be there to talk to him/her and help him/her work throught whatever problem it is he/she is having.
i just explained to her why & treated it like it was no big deal-now she`s 7 & she`ll tell you that she`s add-some-hd. she`s not ashamed ,embarrassed & she does`nt feel bad about it.kids understand alot , when they sense we`re uncomfortable they get that way.a parent always needs to think about how asituation is going to affect a child. i love to tease & laugh when i can.i also don`t lie or keep things from her.be honest, upbeat & caring you`ll do fine
Be a good parent and they wont need therapy.
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