Children
Child and Family Psychological Services
Children aged 0-12 years
Psychologists working with young children at the International Health
Centre can offer advice to parents on:
• General behaviour management
• Managing sleep, bedtimes
• Toileting behaviour - daytime/night-time
• Behaviour in social
situations
• General development issues
Appointments are available either at the International Health Centre or in your own home, whichever is most convenient for you.
Individual work with children
The Psychologist may work with the child to help alleviate issues such as anxiety, fears and phobias, low self esteem, social relationships, etc.
Group work with children and/or parents
Information and support are available on various aspects of managing difficult behaviours:
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Prevention, which may include parenting skills courses, or talks on specific areas of development (e.g. sleeping, eating, toileting, play, emotional and social development)
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Problem-focused groups for parents experiencing similar difficulties with their child(ren), with a focus on goal setting and implementing positive strategies e.g. sleep problems
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Informative group sessions for children with specific illnesses that require regular medication e.g. asthma, diabetes; with a focus on understanding illness, how medications work and improving
motivation to comply with medical regimes.
The Child Psychologists at the Health Center are experienced in working with a range of specific difficulties that may occur in childhood, including:
• Attention difficulties and over-activity (ADD/ADHD)
• Anxiety, fears and phobias
• Obsessions, repetitive behavior
• Social withdrawal
• Low self
esteem
• Autism/Aspergers Syndrome
• General learning difficulties/disabilities
• Attachment issues in adoption/fostering
• Reactions to family stress (parents'
separation/divorce, bereavement)
• Coping with illness (of child or other family member)