| Would you like to find out how to help children | | | | 2. Role-play at Home |
| cope with pain? The information in the article | | | | Role-play is a good way of learning for the |
| below comes straight from my working | | | | children to experience a real-life situation. |
| experience with children suffering from chronic or | | | | Sometimes, you play the role of a doctor, nurse, |
| life-threatening illnesses. The more information | | | | and patient at home. Your children will have |
| about this topic you know, the more likely you | | | | experience of different roles through acting. |
| are able to help children cope with pain. | | | | In my experience, children usually like to act as a |
| Imagine that we are at the doctor's clinic. You see | | | | doctor or a nurse. They will develop a sense of |
| a child crying and yelling because of pain inflicted | | | | mastery or control over the situation. Through |
| by injection and medical treatment. How do you | | | | the change of roles, the children will experience |
| feel? Are you anxious or worried when you bring | | | | different roles and become more familiarized with |
| your child to see a doctor? It is normal to have | | | | the physical and social environments of a clinic or |
| this reaction. Since it is painful to see your child | | | | a hospital. You can buy a doctor kit in a toyshop |
| suffering in pain, I shall suggest ways to help the | | | | to play with your children. A doctor kit includes |
| children to cope with pain and medical treatment. | | | | stethoscope, thermometer, plasters, and blood |
| Ways to help children | | | | pressure measuring equipment and so on. The |
| 1. Tell them the details of the medical appointment | | | | choice of toy is according to the age and |
| You can tell the children about the date, time, | | | | preference of the children. The role-playing game |
| place and reason for the medical appointment. | | | | is good psychological and mental preparation for |
| You can describe the environment and person of | | | | your children. |
| a clinic or a hospital. Is there any toy corner, toy | | | | Preparing your children for the medical treatment |
| house or reading books for the children in the clinic | | | | is very important. Tell them about the medical |
| or hospital? Who are the doctor and the nurse? | | | | treatment and the role-playing game at home can |
| What will they do for your children? Why do you | | | | prepare them to see a doctor psychologically. |
| bring your children to see doctor? What will be | | | | I hope that you can share your knowledge with |
| the treatment of the illness? | | | | others about how to help children cope with pain. |
| For example, the parent tells his son, "Today, I will | | | | Disclaimers: The author shares this article based |
| bring you to see Dr. Lee at 9:00 a.m. at Clinic H | | | | on her personal and work experience and |
| because you have fever. Don't worry. The doctor | | | | disclaims any responsibility for any liability, losses |
| and nurse are helpful and they will check your | | | | or damages and /or application of any of |
| body and give you medicine so you will recover | | | | contents of this article. |
| soon." | | | | |