Managing Persistent Pain in Adolescents, a handbook for therapists, Roslyn Rogers, 2008. Radcliffe. Roslyn, an occupational therapist has spent many years working with adolescents in a multidisciplinary pain management clinic in Melbourne. She has kindly allowed us to reproduce the Appendix to the book for this website. The following strategies cover: sleep, breathing, relaxation, managing pain behaviour, helpful thoughts, learning to focus, mindfulness meditation, how to record practice and templates for record practice.

Strategies for sleep

Imagining a special place
Managing pain behaviours
Using breath to find ease in movement
Easy breathing practice
Owning helpful thoughts
Learning to focus
Diaphragm breathing practice
Mindfulness meditation

Record of practice
Examples of a thought diary
Example of a thought diary 2