Caroline Webster

BEfore and after

Most Common

Behavioral Disorders

• ADHD, ODD, ASD, anxiety disorder, depression, bipolar disorder, learning disorders, conduct disorders

Symptoms

Treatments/Cure

Assistance Dogs

• Harming self or others, damaging property, lying or stealing, doing bad in school, early drug use, frequent tantrums and arguments, constantly hostile towards authority

• Behavioral Parent Treatment : Skills are taught and modeled through therapist, role played then applied in coaching situation, children gain skills in controlling their behavior.
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Teach older children to increase their awareness of their symptoms and improve their interactions
• Therapists will sometimes offer medication
• Can be prevented by behavior management, systematic intervention plans, home-school communication, peer involvement, classroom structure, consistent standards

Sensory Development/ Tactile Pressure

AD-PND (STP)

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behavior interruption and deep pressure stimulation

How does the Assistance dog help?

• When the child has a behavioral outburst, the dog can step in and distract the child
• Interrupts self harming behaviors and tantrums
• When deep pressure is stimulated child begins to calm down and starts to focus. Works because of the release of serotonin and dopamine into the brain
• Dog used as comfort in unfamiliar places
• Dog can be used as an award to good behavior
• Helps the child become active or to make friends.

Child/Adolescent Behavioral Diagnosis

Caroline Webster

RTH 286

16 November 2017

works cited

1. “Children's Mental Health.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 16 Nov. 2016, www.cdc.gov/childrensmentalhealth/behavior.html.

What is a Behavior Disorder?

2. Smith, D.D. “Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: Causes and Prevention.” Education.com, 20 July 2010, www.education.com/reference/article/emotional-behavioral-disorders-prevention/.

• Having patterns of aggressive, hostile, or disruptive behaviors consisting for over 6 months
• Behavior not appropriate for age

WHY?

3. “Child Behavior Disorders: MedlinePlus.” MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You, medlineplus.gov/childbehaviordisorders.html.

• Behavioral Patterns in Adolescents Born at 23 to 25 Weeks of Gestation Study

• If a child is extremely preterm when born it is a higher risk of having behavioral problems, characterized by a higher risk of anxiety and attention, social, and thought problems

4. “ADHD and Behavior Disorders Center.” Child Mind Institute, Child Mind Institute, childmind.org/center/adhd-and-behavior-disorders-center/.

Biology, School, Home, and Community all can influence a behavior disorder

BIOLOGY: There is a relationship between prenatal drug exposure and childhood emotional and behavior disorders (53% in headstart programs)

SCHOOL: If the teacher is unskilled in managing a classroom it can lead to aggression and frustration in the child

HOME/COMMUNITY: Poverty, abuse, neglect, parental stress, inconsistent expectations and rules, confusion, and turmoil combined over long periods of time can lead to problems

5. Samuelsson, M, et al. “Behavioral Patterns in Adolescents Born at 23 to 25 Weeks of Gestation.” Pediatrics., U.S. National Library of Medicine, July 2017, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28642374.

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