Dr Sarah Rudebeck Senior Clinical Psychologist - Paediatric Neuropsychology, Stroke Recovery Clinic MSc, PhD, DClinPsy Psychological support for children and parents after stroke Conversation, books, comics, pictures and celebrities to talk about stroke
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Dr Sarah Rudebeck
Senior Clinical Psychologist - Paediatric
Neuropsychology, Stroke Recovery Clinic
MSc, PhD, DClinPsy
Psychological support for
children and parents after
stroke
Conversation, books, comics, pictures
and celebrities to talk about stroke
Background
• Having a stroke can be difficult and life changing event. Apart from
the physical changes it can lead to many psychological changes:
• Mood
• Cognition
• Behaviour
• Parents and siblings can also experience their own emotional
reactions to the stroke
• Conversations and story telling can be a helpful tool to help families
talk together about stroke and it impacts.
Odd dog out – by Rob Biddulph
Story books
• Young children developing language and emotional intelligence
means it can be hard for them to express how they are feeling and
understand difficult events.
• Story books are an excellent way for them to understand and come
to terms with difficult events and emotions.
• Gives them a language to talk about difficult things and feelings and
helps them process things they cannot verbalise yet.
Talking to your child about stroke
• Children become aware of their similarities and differences to others
around the age of 4-5 years. Around this time it is important for them
to have a simple understanding of their stroke.
• The whole family should share this understanding.
• Siblings will also need to come to terms with and talk to others about
why their sibling is different.
• This simple narrative can help a child come to terms with differences
and also allows them to answer questions.
Helpful books
Hemiplegia
www.scope.co.uk
Traumatic brain injury/ABI
www.childrenstrust.org.uk
Disability
Amazon.co.uk
Perinatal/Early
stroke?
Developing your own books- All about me
• Appropriate for ages 3- 6 years.
• Personalised book about a child including:
• Likes
• Interests
• Family
• Strength's
• Includes a simple story about a child’s medical story
• Other things to include: Questions for my doctors, Ways to
cope with regular procedures or worries, Mum and Dad’s
story of my medical journey.
• Developed over one or two sessions with a child and