OCD in children and young people
Learn how OCD may present in children and young people and how families can support them.
OCD guide for children: Jolly and Grump
A child-friendly guide for children, parents, clinicians, schools and other institutions.
Free resource
OCD guide for children
An 11-page, child-friendly guide in which Jolly and Grump help children and adults develop a shared language for understanding OCD.
The guide can be used when a child needs pictures and characters rather than lengthy explanations of OCD. It is designed to be explored with an adult and can support conversations at home, during treatment or at school.
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OCD guide for children · Jolly and Grump
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How to use the guide
Explore the guide with the child. Pause along the way, look at the illustrations and talk about what the child recognises. Clinicians, schools and other professionals can use the same approach to begin a conversation about how OCD appears in the child's everyday life.
Origin and adaptation
This OCD guide is reproduced with permission from OCDUK.org by Jesper Krogholt, a clinical psychologist licensed in Denmark and an OCD specialist.
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