Treating Functional Abdominal Pain in Children A Clinical Guide Using Feeling and Body Investigators (FBI)

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• Offers a playful approach to treat childhood pain that is easy to understand and fun to implement, featuring session by session guides to support any mental or physical health provider as they implement this intervention in a variety of healthcare settings
• The first treatment for functional abdominal pain developmentally tailored to the emotional needs and learning stylesss of young children, providing access to charming and beautiful materials that are not only suitable for pain management, but also help children learn how amazingly smart their bodies are
• Comprises three resources in one book: the science behind functional abdominal pain in children, a session-by-session treatment manual, and a full workbook and worksheets for implementation. This 3-part design allows professionals to dive in at the level of their interest or time constraints

Part I. The Background Science and Behind Feeling and Body Investigators:
1. Becoming a feeling and body investigator – pain division
2. Visceral sensitivity as a superpower
3. Responsive parenting and creating safety
4. Discriminating safe from threatening body sensations: the science of interoceptive exposures
5. The medical evaluation of abdominal pain in children, one general pediatrician`s approach
Part II. A Session by Session Guide to Feeling and Body Investigators:
6. Initiation into feeling and body investigators
7. The eats
8. The explosions
9. The zoomies and shakies Part I
10. The Blahs
11. The ouchies
12. Session 7: The drowsies
13. Session 8: The zoomies and shakies Part 2
14. Session 9: the soothies
15. FBI-Pain division chapter 15: session 10, the celebration…and the next leg of our journey..
Part III. Sample Workbook Pages, Handouts, and Additional Resources for Feeling and Body Investigators: Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3.