Articles On Child Behavior Problems
Dr. O'Connor's articles on child behavior problems increase understanding of the child problems that worry you, and how to build psychological resilience and well being in children, adolescents and young adults? The articles below enhance understanding of psychological concerns in young people, and how to build their psychological competence and well-being.
The articles that are featured below relate to the neuropsychological challenges that many children, adolescents and young people show, at home, in their classrooms and their communities. These articles apply to child behaviors, whether it is the specific behaviors the young person exhibits, the conditions that contribute to and maintain them or the strategies and assessments that explore these behaviors, and associated concerns, and lead to evidence based interventions to address them.
Learn About Child Problems & How to Help
Parents, and the helping professionals who work with young people and their families, worry about a range of child behavior
problems from the relatively benign to the more severe. Some young
people
show internalizing problems, such as anxiety, depression and
withdrawal behaviors. Others show externalizing problems such as
aggression, oppositional defiant behaviors and attentional problems.
Click on the links below to find articles on the child behavior problems that worry you.
Articles on Child Behavior Problems
Externalizing Behaviors
Child behavior problems come in many guises, and fall into various categories. The articles on child behavior problems in this section focus on externalizing problems such as aggression, conduct problems and oppositional defiant behaviors.
- Aggressive Behavior in Children: This article describes behaviors that characterize aggressive children, and the multiple interactive factors that can contribute to aggression in children. Strategies to help address aggressive behaviors are also addressed.
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Internalizing Behaviors
The articles on child behavior problems in this section focus on internalizing problems such as anxiety and depression. Young people with internalizing problems do not always show their distress, and their psychological distress may go unnoticed.
- Anxiety Disorders in Children: This article outlines the different ways that an anxiety disorder can present in children, and the increased risks they face for developing elevated levels of anxiety, when family members suffer from an anxiety disorder. It also discusses how psychological testing can help young people who are showing elevated levels of anxiety.
- Child Anxiety: This article provides a brief overview of different types of child anxiety disorders, as well as the signs and symptoms that might signal an anxiety disorder, and whether a young person who is showing anxious behaviors might benefit from professional support.
- A Child Anxiety Disorder: This article discusses a range of anxiety disorders that can present in young people. It provides information on how child anxiety disorders are treated, and "Tips to Help the Anxious Child."
- Separation Anxiety Disorder: This article provides an overview of separation anxiety disorder, its signs and symptoms and what can cause a separation anxiety disorder and how to help.
- Childhood Depression: This article provides a brief overview of childhood depression. Depression runs in families. Children are at greater risk of developing a depressive disorder, when other family members suffer from depression. This article also addresses the symptoms of childhood depression and how a psychological assessment can help.
Articles: Learning & Behavioral Problems
The articles on child behavior problems in this section are associated with learning and behavioral problems, or both.
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: This article provides a brief overview of ADHD. The symptoms of ADHD are addressed, as is the ADHD diagnosis and its various components.
- Specific Learning Disability: This article provides an overview of the signs and symptoms associated with a Specific Learning Disability. It describes what a Specific Learning Disability is and the neuropsychological processing weaknesses that are associated with this diagnosis.
- Childhood Reading Problems: This article provides an overview of childhood reading problems, including what contributes to childhood reading problems, the neurodevelopmental functions that underlie reading functions in children and discusses evidence based interventions to help.
- Learning Disability Assessment: This article describes what a learning disability is, how it is defined and the role that a learning disability assessment plays in the diagnosis of a Specific Learning Disability.
- Child Behavioral Assessment : This article provides an overview of child behavior problems and how a behavioral assessment can help.
- Child Assessments: This article provides an overview of child assessments, what parents worry about and how an assessment can help.
- Child Low Self Esteem: This article addresses low self-esteem in children, including what it is, how to help the child with low self-esteem and enhance their feelings of self-worth.
Articles-Post Traumatic Stress & Complex Trauma
The articles on child behavior problems in this section relate to trauma concerns, associated with chronic, ongoing, complex forms of trauma or a single acute traumatic event.
Child Attachment : This article addresses the benefits of a secure child attachment, and provides a brief overview of attachment theory.
Traumatic Stress Disorder: This article explores symptoms associated with traumatic stress disorder, whether it is the result of a single acute trauma, like a motor vehicle accident, or more chronic ongoing forms of trauma like Complex Trauma.
Articles-Concussion & Traumatic Brain Injury
The articles on child behavior problems in this section relate to learning problems that can be associated with a concussion or mild Traumatic Brain Injury.
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury In Children, Adolescents and Young Adults: This article increases understanding of traumatic brain injury in children, especially the detrimental effects of a mild TBI and/or concussion.
Traumatic Brain Injury in Children: This provides an overview of traumatic brain injury in children and adolescents. It discusses how brain injuries in children can differ from brain injuries in adults, and why they can be more severe in children than in adults.