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1-5
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psycho-education (goals: relationship to the child, the child's motivation, the externalization of anxiety, normalization of fears, information on social anxiety, target setting, creating an anxiety hierachy, strategies for overcoming fears)
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Therapeutic story as part of each session, hand puppets, puzzles, pictures, songs, stories, games, information sheets about social anxiety
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6-8
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cognitive restructuring: negative thoughts in advance of social situations and subsequent re-evaluations
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Picture stories, stories, games and encouragement to discourage 'bad' thoughts
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9-18
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Preparation of behavioral experiments with gradually increasing difficulty, assessment of safety and avoidance behavior, discussion of potential obstacles, attention training, behavioral experiments in vivo
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Various role-playing, some with video feedback, "Angstopoly" (board game with the implementation of social practice)
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19
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Summary and conclusion of the therapy, dealing with relapses
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20
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Booster Session
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Parents
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Parent sessions: Information on social anxiety in children, video-based assessment for the caregivers on how to deal with the child's fears, information about behavioral experiments and possibilities for supporting the child Closing session
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