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[quote=Anonymous]BTW, The Kazdin Method is a book:
https://www.amazon.com/Kazdin-Method-Parenting-Defiant-Child/dp/0547085826/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496426900&sr=8-1&keywords=kazdin+method
(The practices are evidence based meaning they were test through a randomized clinical trial.  The kids in the study were diagnosed with Oppositional Defiance Disorder, but behavioral approaches can be used with anyone--child or adult with or without a particular diagnosis.)

I don't want to overload you with books, but I will mention, this one Unstuck and On Target:
https://www.amazon.com/Solving-Executive-Function-Challenges-Unstuck/dp/1598576038/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1496426921&sr=1-2&keywords=unstuck+and+on+target

It summarizes a social skill class curriculum which is also evidence based was developed with children on the spectrum.  However, the problem solving approaches can be used any kid.  She is getting "stuck" in her thoughts--dreading the doctor's appointment several months off and ruminating over it.  She needs the skills to get "unstuck."

Lastly if she's often anxious, and you as parents have been chronically "talking her down" that can become part of the OCD cycle.  Every kid gets worried from time to time, and parents comfort them.  With the OCD brain, getting the parental comfort becomes the habitual behavior.  Many parents don't see how they unwittingly end up reinforcing the anxieties b/c it the pattern isn't clear, it seems like normal kid stuff, and they're trying to approach in a logical way.  So in a way, having a clear behavioral habit like skin picking can be helpful in identifying that a kid is more than typically anxious.  Once you get her screened by a health professional, you'll be better able to sort out what's going on. It will be a process.  GL.[/quote]

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