Verbal First Aid by Judith Simon Prager

Author:Judith Simon Prager
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2010-05-02T16:00:00+00:00

The totem made Jackie feel safer, as you can see, but it also allowed her to be brave for her teddy bear, and when she shared the experience with him and reassured him, she was really reassuring herself.

Verbal First Aid for Monsters and Nightmares

Addressing Monsters

Imagination can be a wonderful thing and is the perfect tool for Verbal First Aid, but there isn’t a person alive today in the real world who hasn’t been frightened by some figment of his or her imagination. Although as adults we know the difference between figments and facts, being scared is a fact shared by all. And so we don’t deny the feeling, but pace with the child and lead her to a sense of safety.

SCENARIO 1

Jim and Gina are sleeping when they are startled out of bed by a wail from their son, Jacob. It is a bloodcurdling shriek, and they both fling the covers off and hurl themselves down the hall and into their son’s room.

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