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Therapeutic discharge is the process of terminating psychological care due to the completion of the behavioral goals proposed at the beginning of therapy and the absence of new relevant goals throughout the process. This chapter proposes to discuss the process that culminates with discharge in child therapy, going through all the stages of the psychotherapeutic process, namely: (a) initial assessment or diagnosis, (b) formulation of therapeutic goals (behavioral intervention), (c) evaluation of results (whether the goals were achieved throughout the process), and (d) therapeutic discharge. Important skills that the child needs to acquire throughout the process to prevent future problems are highlighted, as well as the importance of programming the generalization of these repertoires to the natural environment and relapse prevention. The way the sessions can be conducted, their gradual spacing, and how to inform the child and the family about the possibility of resuming them, if necessary, are also highlighted.
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Pereira, C.M., Rey, D.D. (2022). Therapeutic Discharge as an Outcome of Clinical Behavior Analysis for Children: Criteria and Process. In: Rossi, A.S.U., Linares, I.M.P., Chagas Brandão, L. (eds) Clinical Behavior Analysis for Children. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12247-7_15
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