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A psycho-educational program for patients and families related to chronic pain, nausea, dizziness, fatigue and muscle weakness.
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The program offers one-day workshops, where kids and their caregivers learn strategies to better manage pain and functional symptoms and improve how they feel about what they can do each day. The workshop teaches many proven coping skills based in cognitive behavioral therapy.
Your Alberta Children’s Hospital (ACH) healthcare provider will refer your family to the Comfort Ability Program. Once a referral has been made, call 403-955-2618 within 3 months to sign up for the workshop.
What to bring to the workshop:
There is a cost for parking, refer to the parking map for rates.
The workshop takes place at the Alberta Children’s Hospital. Meet us on the second floor at the stained-glass wall near the main elevators. There will be a sign that says Comfort Ability.
Arrive by 8:45 a.m. The workshop will start at 9 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. There will be time for lunch, and a few breaks are scheduled throughout the day.
You and your child, along with other workshop attendees, will be working with Comfort Ability Program facilitators.
Kids and parents are in separate groups for the workshop but will have a chance to get together during the breaks and other times during the day.
Provides a safe and comfortable space to connect with others who can really understand what it’s like to have ongoing pain and functional symptoms. Together, they learn about neuroscience, about psychology tools to control the symptoms, and use mind-body skills to boost comfort. Kids also explore how to manage symptom-related stress like isolation from friends, school problems, lack of sleep, missing out on activities, and how to cope with feeling anxious or sad. At the end of the workshop, kids develop their own Comfort Ability® plan to guide their coping and long-term recovery.
Focuses on parenting skills that help to boost a child’s sense of comfort and well-being. Parents and caregivers learn about neuroscience and about cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), as well. Parents and caregivers explore new ways to respond to their child’s symptoms, focus on how to improve day-to-day activities at home and school, and create a specific plan that will help to boost comfort for their child. Parents and caregivers also have time to connect with other parents in supportive ways.
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