Chapter 15 - Session 10: The Celebration… and the Next Leg of Our Journey

Summary

In this final session, we celebrate! We have a formal graduation ceremony complete with a certificate honoring the graduate of the FBI-Academy, Tummy Pain Division. In the context of the clinical trial, this was celebrated with the award of a memory card game that had a match for every new character that was learned throughout the treatment. This game served as a fun reminder of all that was learned in a way to ensure that the children and parents remember the characters and help maintain their progress towards emotion awareness, self-regulation, and reduced distress about pain. This last chapter also serves as the beginning of the journey for clinicians. We provide suggestions for how the FBI intervention can be integrated into mental health and pediatric primary care practices. We introduce the reader to all the online resources, including our online support community, and invites them to participate in online supervision groups for providers and support groups for families. We are excited to continue this lifelong investigation as we all learn to trust in ourselves and wonder at the wisdom of our bodies.