Childhood Asthma, DVD

With Bruce G. Bender, PhDClosed CaptionedRunning Time: Over 100 minutesCopyright: 2003 ORDER CODE: APA4310820 In Childhood Asthma, Dr. Bruce G. Bender demonstrates his approach to counseling children with asthma so as to reduce the behavior that exacerbates this respiratory condition. Dr. Bender uses a family-management approach to treat young clients with asthma. Because a child lives within a family system, it is important to involve parents and other family members in assessment and treatment.In the session on this video, Dr. Bender works with an 18-year-old girl named Kate who has had asthma since she was 8. As a young child, she also had problems with ear infections and her hearing. Kate is inconsistent with her medication: She takes it when she feels in poor health but stops taking it as soon as her health improves.He meets with the client and her mother and performs a thorough assessment of the client's living situation, family life, medical history, and interactions with doctor