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"Replays" Intervention Study: Coping Mechanism for Anxiety

04/27/2018 - 12:12 pm |

Bonnie Klein-Tasman, PhD

A child with Williams syndrome may dread going to school because of the possibility of a fire alarm or maybe too fearful about the sound of the hand dryer or automatic toilet flushes to go into a public bathroom at the mall or may worry about the clapping at the end of a show so much that they can’t enjoy it.  Parents may avoid operating the blender or vacuum cleaner when the child is home as the child becomes too distressed or avoid birthday parties beca

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