I often create online data monitoring programs that also include coping strategies and make use of digital video or computer animation as a treatment adjunct. In working with clients who have attentional problems, it can be helpful to have them make their own tutorials which they can take on a DVD to play and rehearse or have it available on a protected portion of my web server. The other helpful aspect of this is that, with a digital recording, you can easily "take out" the irrelevant parts of interactions, allowing clients to see more functional representations of themselves during activities or interactions. This provides a model for them to practice in between sessions. We can also easily print out "scripts" for them to take home.

Including computer animation as part of the session and letting clients create and practice conversations between cartoon characters can much less threatening than role playing or sustained face to face interactions. Like the client tutorials, they can take these with them and view the interactions. The simple animation programs I use allow them to choose between animal and human-type characters and add what I refer to as the "bells and whistles" as easily as one might use a word processor. I recently added the ability for them to use "Avatars," which clients are responding to positively. As with client experiencing attention problems, scripts can be generated for them to take with them.