The objective of this handbook is to lower the threshold for early intervention for practitioners working among children and adolescents. In situations where attempts at providing help continue unchanged, the practitioner may become worried about the child's or adolescent's wellbeing. Indeed, the professional may feel the need for additional resources to help resolve the problem. How should a professional express his or her worries in order to create fruitful cooperation? The anticipation method for taking up worries has been developed in cooperation with psychosocial and educational professionals. It is based on requesting the parent's help and cooperation in diminishing the professional's worries; the tone of the conversation is different when other people are not defined as problematic, which also opens up a perspective for long-term dialogue.
