Complementary therapies may help patients remain functional during a flare. Between flares, complementary treatments may help a patient regain skills lost during exacerbations. The entire family often needs to employ supportive therapies for themselves. Parents and siblings often need therapy to help cope with stress and develop strategies to help their child or sibling.
Elisha Bidwell, LMFT discusses her Parent Regulation Cheat Sheet and how PANS PANDAS caregivers can utilize it. Click to download a printable copy of the Parent Regulation Cheat Sheet Gabriella: You...
ASPIRE sits down with Julie Cox, LCSW, to discuss why therapeutic strategies can be beneficial to PANS PANDAS parents and caregivers, how not to pathologize everything, and ways to accept that the...
ASPIRE sat down with Michelle Newby, BHSc(OT), MSc, to discuss how Occupational Therapy is helpful for PANS/PANDAS patients and to encourage everyone to enroll in her study, Occupational Performance...
We know there is no parenting playbook; there certainly isn’t one when you add PANS/PANDAS to the mix. As parents, we are often second-guessing our decisions. So, as you read this section on...