Pain Treatment Services
23 November, 2011
It is our great pleasure to announce that Althea Hankey, Billing Coordinator for the Pain Treatment Service at 333 Longwood, has been named one of Children’s Hospital Boston’s 2012 Black Achievers!
Congratulations, Althea!
The Pain Treatment Service invites you to attend The Comfort Zone
The Pain Treatment Service invites you to join a one-day retreat to help children and their parents learn how to better manage chronic pain. The Comfort Zone retreat includes a child group and a parent group running simultaneously and emphasizing the mind-body connection, offering non-invasive and non-pharmaceutical strategies for improved pain management.
Child Group
This intervention is designed to:
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Help each child develop his or her own individual coping plan to facilitate improved emotional and physical functioning. Discussion topics include:
- An introduction to behavioral pain management strategies including guided imagery, progressive muscle relaxation and biofeedback;
- Developmentally appropriate education that focuses on the ways pain functions in the body; and
- A forum for discussion of the common obstacles that often cause challenges at home and school.
Parents Group
This intervention is designed to:
- Provide parental support for managing a child with chronic pain;
- Discuss ways of advocating and supporting their child in various settings; and
- Educate parents about the strategies their child will learn to use at home and school.
The retreat is open to youth ages 10-17 with chronic pain and requires the participation of at least one parent or caregiver, but up to two are welcome.
The total cost is $240. Financial support may be available.
Contact:
Please contact Dr. Rachael Coakley for detailed information regarding dates and availability for the next Comfort Zone at 617-355-7581 or by emailing her at Rachael.Coakley@childrens.harvard.edu.
