title: How important are techniques? The empathic approach to working with children.
abstract: The author presents behavior management as essentially anxiety management, not alone in the child but in ourselves as well. Behaviorist and humanist psychologies are discussed. The author is critical of the teaching that behavior management can be taught as a technique: if a specific management technique is used, the child will behave in a certain way. Several techniques are discussed. Voice control and facial expression are discussed. Physical restraints are considered and their use discussed, along with their long-term effects. Empathy is discussed at length.
authors.affiliation: Department of Children's Dentistry, UMDS Guys' Hospital, London, England.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D016854:Dental Anxiety / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D006801:Humans; D012149:Restraint, Physical