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ERIC Number: EJ312534
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Preparing Healthy Young Children for Hospitalization: A Rationale and Proposal.
Poster, Elizabeth C.
Early Child Development and Care, v18 n1-2 p41-51 1984
Proposes a precrisis curriculum for nursery and elementary schools to prepare healthy young children for hospitalization as an alternative to current preadmission preparation programs. Key elements include such stress-immunization techniques as systematic desensitization, modeling, and rehearsal. (AS)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Coping, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Health, Health Education, Hospitalized Children, Preschool Education, Stress Management, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Practitioners; Parents
Language: English
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