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. 2016 Oct 13;11(10):e0164647. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164647

Table 2. Treatment content.

Session Child and parent Parent
1 Psychoeducation on abdominal pain. Goal setting. Psychoeducation on modeling and reinforcement.
2 Thoughts and mindfulness. Mapping symptom-related behaviors. Planning joyful activities with the child. Management of own feelings.
3 Building an exposure hierarchy. For children with IBS: toilet habits. Supporting the child during exposure.
4 Psychoeducation on exposure. Functional analysis. Praise and rewards. Functional analysis of parental behavior.
5 Follow up and plan new exposure exercises. Psychoeducation about fear and stress. Functional analysis. Parental stress.
6 Follow up and plan new exposure exercises. Functional analysis. Problem solving.
7 Follow up and plan new exposure exercises. Increasing difficulty in exposure. Functional analysis. -
8 Follow up and plan new exposure exercises. Increasing difficulty in exposure. Functional analysis. -
9 Follow up and plan new exposure exercises. Functional analysis. Quiz about the treatment. -
10 Repetition, maintenance and relapse prevention. Repetition, maintenance and relapse prevention.