Psychology and Management of Children's Behaviour
Psychology and Management of Children's Behaviour
Course overview
Online course on child psychology and behavior management.
Training consists of 4 blocks:
Child psychology. Verbal and non-verbal communication
Pharmacological methods of management
Psychology of communication "PARENT - DOCTOR"
Treatment of children with psychological peculiarity: anxiety and depression.
The course is created for all doctors who work with children and teenagers.
Course lessons
Lesson 1. Non pharmacological behavior management
Behavior management: basic principles
Scientific foundations for the management of child behavior
Factors of poor communication of the child: indications and contraindications for non-pharmacological methods
The influence of parents and parenting style: the relationship with the behavior of the child
Dental team: aspects of successful communication
Basic and advanced non-pharmacological methods of behavior management:
communication and communication guidance (appropriate to age)
positive pre-visit imagery
direct observation
tell-show-do
ask-tell-ask
voice control
non-verbal communication
positive reinforcement and descriptive praise
distraction
memory restructuring
desensitization to dental conditions
enhancing control.
Documentation of admission and individualization of the treatment plan
Sensory-adapted dental environment (SADE technique)
Animal-assisted Therapy (AAT)
Picture exchange communication system (PECS)
A technique of protective stabilization.
Lesson 2. Pharmacological behavior management. Introductory lesson
Goals and indications for general anesthesia:
Age and weight of the child
Health status
Amount of tretment
Cooperation
Parental preferences.
Nitrous oxide: clinical effect, indications and safety of use
Contraindications for nitrous oxide
Sedation levels: characteristics and benefits of moderate sedation
Specific pharmacological agents in pediatric dentistry, features and details of use:
Midazolam
Triazolam
Flumazenil
Hydroxyzine
Diphenylhydramine
Drug combinations.
Lesson 3. Pharmacological behavior management
Goals and indications for general anesthesia:
Age and weight of the child
Health status
Amount of tretment
Cooperation
Parental preferences.
Nitrous oxide: clinical effect, indications and safety of use
Contraindications for nitrous oxide
Sedation levels: characteristics and benefits of moderate sedation
Specific pharmacological agents in pediatric dentistry, features and details of use:
Midazolam
Triazolam
Flumazenil
Hydroxyzine
Diphenylhydramine
Drug combinations.
Scheme for selecting drugs by age
Local anesthetics: interaction with general sedatives
Levels of monitoring of the patient's condition
Documentation of admission: child behavior, treatment and informed consent.
Lesson 4. Stages of reducing the time of dental treatment in children under general anesthesia
Indications of treatment under general anesthesia
Basic preparation principles of a treatment plan
Tactics of management of the postoperative period
Stages of treatment under general anesthesia:
Consultation (doctor's stage and coordinator's stage)
Organization of the treatment process
Isolation of the working field.
Treatment of dental caries and chronic pulpitis: a clinical example
Procedures where you can save time
Preparation stage: selection of the tip and burs
Features of endodontic treatment under general anesthesia
The process of waking up and communicating with patients after treatment.
Lesson 5. Dentist, child, parent: communication techniques
Dental fear, anxiety and odontofobia: definition
Factors of dental anxiety development:
Age of the child
Character traits
Parental influence.
Diagnosis of dental anxiety: the Frankl scale
Prevention of anxiety: techniques
Communication techniques with a small patient
The 4 "S" principles by reducing triggers of stress
Basic behavior guidance techniques
The presence of parents during treatment: tactics
Pharmacological techniques of behavior management: tasks and indications.
Lesson 6. Depression and anxiety in our patients: challenges and implications for the dental practitioner
Anxiety and depression among children and adolescents
Child's fears: norm and pathology
Factors of development of anxiety and depression in children
Depression: definition and diagnostic criteria
Symptoms of anxiety and depression in children and adolescents
Body dysmorphia syndrome
Strategies and principles of treatment of anxiety and depression
The role of digital technologies in the development of depression and anxiety in children and adolescents: cyberbullying
8 online factors that increase the propensity to suicide.
Lesson 7. NLP in Pediatric Dentistry
The importance of NLP in pediatric dentistry
6 basic principles of NLP
Communication mechanisms in NLP
Sensory organs as a way of creating reality: representative patterns:
Characteristics of the visual type of perception
Characteristics of the auditory type of perception
Characteristics of the kinaesthetic type of perception.
3 V communications: how to see and hear a child
The technique of mirroring gestures
The technique of repeating the child's breathing
Verbal respiratory synchronization
Effective communication: flexibility in thinking and behavior
NLP Techniques:
Anchoring technique
The "High five" technique
Reframing technique
Swish pattern technique
The "Loop Break" technique
Pattern interrupt technique
Technique of embedded commands
The Zen mind trick.
Deletion, generalization, distortion: language-meta-models and the Milton model
Principles of basic communication when working with children
Child's bad behavior: tactics.
Lesson 8. Conversational hypnosis in pediatric dentistry
Hypnosis: myths and misunderstandings
Conversational hypnosis: a scientifically based approach
Overt and covert hypnosis: goals and indications for the use of hypnosis
Hypnotic state: the ABS formula
Conversational hypnosis techniques to induce trance:
Interrupting the dialog
Overlap realities
Verbal confusion
Vague sentences
Basic hypnotic formula.
Basic communication principles of working with children
Words and their meaning in working with children. The Milton model.
