Download or read book Social Skill Impairments in Elementary School Children with ADHD and Depression written by Nicole M. Centrella and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common psychiatric disorders, affecting 3-7% of children worldwide (American Psychiatric Association, 2013; Graziano, Geffken, & McNamara, 2011; Spencer, Biederman, & Mick, 2007). Numerous studies have examined factors related to comorbidity of depression and ADHD, as well as social skills deficits in children with ADHD, research that examines the social skill deficits in elementary school children with both ADHD and depression is lacking. The purpose of this study is to determine whether elementary school children with comorbid diagnoses of ADHD and depression differ from children with only an ADHD diagnosis in terms of social skill impairment. In the parent study, the Social Skills Rating System (SSRS); the Child Depression Inventory (CDI); the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA)'s Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and Teacher Report Form (TRF); the Children's Global Assessment Scale (CGAS); the Columbia Impairment Scale (CIS); the Parent Child Relationship Questionnaire (PCRQ); and the Disruptive Behavior Stress Inventory (DBSI) were completed in addition to a standard ADHD battery which includes IQ and achievement tests as well as ADHD checklists. In the current study, CBCL, TRF, and SSRS scores from the 102 participants were compared across the two diagnostic groups to determine whether the groups differ on one or more behaviors including social skills, problem behaviors, social competence, externalizing and internalizing behaviors. Results of a one-way MANCOVA showed significant group differences between individuals with ADHD and those with ADHD and Depression on the CBCL Externalizing Problems Scale, showing that parents report higher externalizing behaviors than teachers. Significant group differences were also found between parents and teachers on the CBCL and TRF Internalizing Problems and Social Problems Scales, with parents reporting more problems than teachers. Understanding deficits in social skills for children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and depression can help psychologists develop better interventions for home and school that can help these individuals. It is also important to understand how a comorbid diagnosis of depression can affect a child's presentation of social skills as well as his or her perception of self-worth.
Download or read book Social Skills Deficits in Students with Disabilities written by Helen Nicole Frye Myers and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social skills may impact a student with a disability more than the disability itself. Learn the social deficits and challenges associated with disabilities, as well as strategies to support social skill development. A variety of professionals share their success strategies so readers (parents, teachers, counselors, psychologists, and others working in the disability field) can incorporate them into their professional "toolbox" and practice. Included are strategies from special educators, school counselors, licensed professional counselors, an occupational therapist, and a psychologist. Current issues such as bullying are explored in addition to ways professionals and universities should be involved in supporting social skills of students with disabilities. A special section on working with parents includes a handout with strategies parents can use while social skills are developing in their child. Book jacket.
Download or read book ADHD and Social Skills written by Esta M. Rapoport and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2009-09-16 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) leave for school in the morning with a smile and a backpack, ready to make friends. They often return from school after having been bullied. Children with ADHD appear vulnerable to their peers, because they misinterpret social cues and behave in a socially inappropriate manner. These children have few if any friends. This book explains the difficulties that children with ADHD endure to those individuals who do not understand the complexities of these children's problems. Difficulties with attention, organization and social interaction are listed, defined, and described. Teachers and personnel who work with these children in school and parents who work with their children at home are offered innovative techniques for improving these children's behavior, in a way that everyone can understand and implement. Real-life experiences of average people living with children with ADHD are included, so that parents can feel less alone in their experiences.
Download or read book The Effects of Adhd on Children s Social Skills Think Before You Act and be Successful in School and Society written by Jim Colajuta and published by Vincenzo Nappi. This book was released on 2021-09-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disease) is a common emotional and behavioral disorder that can disrupt a child's academic and social functioning. ADHD is characterized by inattention, impulsivity, and motor activity that are developmentally inappropriate. Within an educational setting, children with attention problems form a unique group with a wide range of demands. Although there are various issues linked with children who have been diagnosed with ADHD, many parents and educators are concerned about social skill impairments. The most unpleasant element of ADHD-related deficits is not being accepted by one's peer group, feeling separated, strange, unlikeable, and alone, and these experiences have long-term consequences. It's crucial to maintain positive relationships with people. Though children with ADHD really want to make friends and be accepted by their peers, they frequently lack the skills to do so. The good news is that you can assist your child in developing these social abilities and skills.
Download or read book Disruptive Behavior Disorders written by Patrick H. Tolan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aggressive behavior among children and adolescents has confounded parents and perplexed professionals—especially those tasked with its treatment and prevention—for countless years. As baffling as these behaviors are, however, recent advances in neuroscience focusing on brain development have helped to make increasing sense of their complexity. Focusing on their most prevalent forms, Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder, Disruptive Behavior Disorders advances the understanding of DBD on a number of significant fronts. Its neurodevelopmental emphasis within an ecological approach offers links between brain structure and function and critical environmental influences and the development of these specific disorders. The book's findings and theories help to differentiate DBD within the contexts of normal development, non-pathological misbehavior and non-DBD forms of pathology. Throughout these chapters are myriad implications for accurate identification, effective intervention and future cross-disciplinary study. Key issues covered include: Gene-environment interaction models. Neurobiological processes and brain functions. Callous-unemotional traits and developmental pathways. Relationships between gender and DBD. Multiple pathways of familial transmission. Disruptive Behavior Disorders is a groundbreaking resource for researchers, scientist-practitioners and graduate students in clinical child and school psychology, psychiatry, educational psychology, prevention science, child mental health care, developmental psychology and social work.
Download or read book Understanding Girls with AD HD written by Kathleen G. Nadeau and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ground-breaking book on the needs and issues of girls with attentional problems: why they are often undiagnosed, how they are different from boys, and what their special needs are in school, in their social world and at home. Age-related checklists from pre-school to high school help parents and professionals better identify and help girls with AD/HD.
Download or read book ADHD Comorbidities written by Thomas E. Brown and published by American Psychiatric Pub. This book was released on 2009 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only book that covers the multiple ways in which ADHD is complicated by other psychiatric and learning disorders in both children and adults, ADHD Comorbidities: Handbook for ADHD Complications in Children and Adults features comprehensive, research-based information on ADHD and its full range of coexisting syndromes. Contributing researcher-clinicians, familiar with the complications that additional disorders pose, summarize in accessible language what is currently known about ADHD and its comorbidities, from preschool age to adulthood. These authors describe how ADHD leads to different profiles at different stages of development and how to adjust treatment strategies for both ADHD and additional disorders to reduce the impairments resulting from their combination. The book offers a new paradigm for understanding ADHD, viewing it not as a simple behavior disorder but as a complex developmental impairment of executive functions in the brain. This important handbook gives developmental context to ADHD by describing how symptoms at preschool onset differ from those of older age at onset. Clinicians will find practical help for patients whose ADHD appears in conjunction with 11 other syndromes -- from mood disorders to developmental coordination disorder -- and acquire valuable guidance on adapting and adjusting medications and other interventions to optimize treatment effects for the wide diversity of complex cases that embody ADHD.
Download or read book Getting from Me to We written by Shonna L. Tuck and published by Special Needs Collection. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many children age seven and under struggle with social skills and often find themselves perpetually on the sidelines, in time-out, or ignored by their peers in school and on the playground. It's incredibly painful and worrisome for their parents to witness, but fortunately, they are not powerless to help their kids improve their social IQ. Getting from Me to We helps parents understand the roots of these problems, which take hold at a very young age, and give their kids the foundational skills necessary to form connections and friendships with other children. The book explains how parents can teach their children social observing skills at an early stage in their development and identify: Where their child is on the social skills ladder; How to set goals to fill in those gaps; How and when to support their child during play; How to identify play behaviors that hinder or help; and How to model good social skills and cues Written by a speech-language pathologist and researcher with expertise in socially at risk kids, the book includes profiles of children who illustrate a wide variety of characteristics and behaviors that lead to social isolation, along with effective, well-designed activities that encourage joint attention, eye contact, and social interaction. Getting from Me to We is useful for children who have social skill delays without a formal diagnosis, as well as children with autism, ADHD, anxiety, or language delays.
Download or read book Social Policy for Children and Families written by Jeffrey M. Jenson and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2006 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winnner of the SRA Social Policy Award for Best Edited Volume 2006-2008′Jenson, Fraser and their impressive contributors have provided us with something all too rare in the child &BAD:amp; family services literature: a truly integrative volume. They argue cogently for a cross-systems perspective, an orientation to developmental ′risk′ &BAD:amp; ′protective′ factors and a strategic process for identifying most favorable targets for intervention .The summaries of different service domains and the editor′s emphasis on crafting the proper policy context for the integration of ′evidence-based′ practices make this volume a ′must read′ for seasoned policy makers, as well as beginning practitioners. This book will be an important resource for all involved in the kind of creative, science-based innovation so desperately needed in the child &BAD:amp; family services field.′á- James K. Whittaker, University of WashingtonôWhat a book! A must read for those who provide services to at-risk children and their families. Jensen and Fraser call attention to the professionÆs blatant unwillingness to systematically draw upon existing research, and translate it to policy to advance the design of programs that remediate and prevent mental and physical health problems among the nation′s youth. The application of the public health framework to programs and policies adds value to the usual suspects of perspectives/frameworks drawn upon by the social work profession. This book is very consistent with the ideas expressed in related professional and social science literatures, as well as that of federal and private funding sources. The authors boldly call for the triangulation of relevant theories and models of risk and resilience, and make a major contribution to social work research by advocating for the translation of empirical evidence into practical application.öá - Paula Allen-Meares, University of Michigan School of Social Workáááááá We now know, more than ever, about why some children and adolescents develop social and health problems such as sexually transmitted diseases, drug use, and delinquency. However, this knowledge is not yet systematically applied to policy or program design, resulting in poorly integrated and often duplicative services for children and families. Social Policy for Children and Families: A Risk and Resilience Perspective uses a unique framework to help students understand effective public policy development. Authors Jeffrey M. Jenson and Mark W. Fraser argue that a public health framework rooted in ecological theory and based on principles of risk, protection, and resilience is essential for the successful design of social policy. This book applies the authorsÆ conceptual model across the substantive areas of social policy, including child welfare, education, mental health, health, developmental disabilities, substance use, and juvenile justice.áá Key Features: Applies a risk and resilience model to help readers understand and develop effective public policies for children, youth, and families Offers recommendations for ways to advance a public health framework in policy design, implementation, and evaluationIncludes case studies, discussion questions, and web-based resources to prompt critical thinking and future research á Social Policy for Children and Families is designed for undergraduate and graduate students studying social welfare policy in the field of Social Work. It can also be used in a variety of Political Science, Public Policy, and Sociology courses. á
Download or read book Social Skills for Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Developmental Disabilities written by Laurence Sargent and published by Council For Exceptional Children. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An update to Social Skills for School and Community, this timely new edition places a greater focus on teaching social skills in inclusive settings by creating learning opportunities in general education environments. The book contains 50 strategies for individual and small group instruction with follow-up strategies for facilitating maintenance and generalization. The strategies and lessons included in this manual are designed to address the needs of students who fall into the mild and moderate end of the spectrum of students with ASD and other developmental disabilities. The strategies encompassed in teaching students with ASD have wide-ranging value in addressing the social skills needs of students with other disabilities and those who are at-risk. The book contains an accompanying CD containing printable copies of assessment and evaluation checklists, homework forms, comic strips, photographs, and story sequences for teaching and reinforcing social skills. Additional resources include expression pictures and a file related to data collection and progress monitoring.
Download or read book Classroom Strategies for Children with ADHD Autism Sensory Processing Disorders written by Karen Lea Hyche, OTD, OTR/L and published by PESI Publishing & Media. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classroom Strategies for Children with ADHD, Autism and Sensory Processing Disorders was written specifically for those working in the school setting. It’s a unique design to serve as a comprehensive source for information as well as solutions. Resources include: Classroom strategies that are simple and easily implementedFlow charts and case studies guide problem solvingClassroom seating examplesSample letters from Parents to TeachersBehavior and sensory questions answeredA resource guide for products and tools
Download or read book Children With School Problems A Physician s Manual written by The Canadian Paediatric Society and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The physician's guide to diagnosing and treating learning disabilities in children 1 in 10 Canadians have a learning disability, and doctors must be able to identify, diagnose, treat, and manage children who are struggling in school. The first book specifically tailored for the needs of physicians working with kids with learning disabilities, Children With School Problems: A Physician's Manual covers such important areas as child development, diagnosing learning disabilities (including data gathering, screening and assessment, and physical examinations), management (medication, behavioral management, and educational interventions), and prevention (including literacy promotion). Written by trusted experts from the Canadian Paediatric Society, Children With School Problems is filled with practical tools and resources that physicians—including paediatricians, family physicians, and paediatric learners—can use to diagnose and treat children with learning disabilities. The only book on learning disabilities in children specifically designed for physicians Written by trusted experts from the Canadian Paediatric Society Covers important issues including literacy promotion, screening for disabilities, medication options, and much more Gives physicians the tools they need to help children with learning disabilities Physicians want to know more about learning disabilities, and parents want their pediatricians and family physicians to provide more help when their kids struggle in school. Children with School Problems provides that information, making it an invaluable resource for any doctor working with kids.
Download or read book Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health written by Edilma L. Yearwood and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research has shown that a range of adult psychiatric disorders and mental health problems originate at an early age, yet the psychiatric symptoms of an increasing number of children and adolescents are going unrecognized and untreated—there are simply not enough child psychiatric providers to meet this steadily rising demand. It is vital that advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) and primary care practitioners take active roles in assessing behavioral health presentations and work collaboratively with families and other healthcare professionals to ensure that all children and adolescents receive appropriate treatment. Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health helps APRNs address the mental health needs of this vulnerable population, providing practical guidance on assessment guidelines, intervention and treatment strategies, indications for consultation, collaboration, referral, and more. Now in its second edition, this comprehensive and timely resource has been fully updated to include DSM-5 criteria and the latest guidance on assessing, diagnosing, and treating the most common behavioral health issues facing young people. New and expanded chapters cover topics including eating disorders, bullying and victimization, LGBTQ identity issues, and conducting research with high-risk children and adolescents. Edited and written by a team of accomplished child psychiatric and primary care practitioners, this authoritative volume: Provides state-of-the-art knowledge about specific psychiatric and behavioral health issues in multiple care settings Reviews the clinical manifestation and etiology of behavioral disorders, risk and management issues, and implications for practice, research, and education Offers approaches for interviewing children and adolescents, and strategies for integrating physical and psychiatric screening Discusses special topics such as legal and ethical issues, cultural influences, the needs of immigrant children, and child and adolescent mental health policy Features a new companion website containing clinical case studies to apply concepts from the chapters Designed to specifically address the issues faced by APRNs, Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health is essential reading for nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists, particularly those working in family, pediatric, community health, psychiatric, and mental health settings.
Download or read book The Relationship Between Reciprocal Social Impairments and Psychopathology in Children with Intellectual Disability written by Aaron James Kaat and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Reciprocal Social Impairments (RSI) are deficits in social skills consistent with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). RSI are diagnostically relevant to ASD, but also occur throughout the population, including among those with intellectual disability (ID). Both ID and ASD are associated with increased symptoms of psychopathology. This study's objective was to investigate whether increased RSI among those with mild or moderate ID were related to increased symptom severity of other forms of psychopathology (specifically, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder [ADHD], Oppositional Defiant Disorder [ODD], Anxiety Disorders, and Depressive Disorders, as measured by the Child Symptom Inventory-4 [CSI-4]). An exploratory objective of this study was to assess the association between the Social Responsiveness Scale ΟΠ� πϐμοδπ αλγ πμϐζαι πθζιιπ κδαπροδγ βυ ϟϝδ Αγανϟζσδ Βδϝασζμο Αππδππκδλϟ Πυπϟδκ�ΖΖ �ΑΒΑΠ�ΖΖ� αλγ νπυϐϝμναϟϝμιμϛυ� Ϟϝοδδ ϝρλγοδγ ϟςδισδ ναϐθδϟπ ςδοδ γζπϟοζβρϟδγ ϟμ αοδα πϐϝμμι γζπϟοζϐϟπ μο γζοδϐϟιυ ϟμ ναοδλϟπ με διζϛζβιδ ϐϝζιγοδλ ζλ οδπνμλπδ ϟμ ειυδοπ� Πζτϟυ�πδσδλ ςδοδ οδϟρολδγ� εμο α οδπνμλπδ οαϟδ με “»�̓ Ϝμςδσδο� μλιυ ”� ϐϝζιγοδλ �“� βμυπ αλγ � ϛζοιπ� κδαλ αϛδ με »»�� υδαοπ� κδϟ διζϛζβζιζϟυ οδξρζοδκδλϟπ αλγ ϝαγ ρπαβιδ γαϟα μλ αιι οαϟζλϛ πϐαιδπ� Οδπριϟπ εομκ ϟϝδ ϝζδοαοϐϝζϐαι κριϟζνιδ οδϛοδππζμλ ζλγζϐαϟδγ ϟϝαϟ ΟΠΖ ςδοδ ρλοδιαϟδγ ϟμ ΜΓΓ� Αλτζδϟυ� αλγ Γδνοδππζσδ Γζπμογδοπ� Ϝμςδσδο� ζλϐοδαπδγ ΟΠΖ ςδοδ αππμϐζαϟδγ ςζϟϝ ζλϐοδαπδγ πδσδοζϟυ με ΑΓϜΓ πυκνϟμκπ� αεϟδο ϐμλϟομιιζλϛ εμο αγανϟζσδ βδϝασζμο αλγ νοδσζμρπ γζαϛλμπδπ με ΑΓϜΓ αλγ�μο ΑΠΓ ��ø � «�ʹ͵� ν � �«“��� �μλπζπϟδλϟ ςζϟϝ νοδσζμρπ οδπδαοϐϝ� ϟϝδ ΠΟΠ πρβπϐαιδπ πϝμςδγ κμγδοαϟδ ϐμοοδιαϟζμλπ ςζϟϝ ϟϝδ ΑΒΑΠ�ΖΖ �οαλϛδ ��”« ϟμ ���»�� Ρπζλϛ κριϟζνιδ οδϛοδππζμλ� ϟϝδ ΠΟΠ πρβπϐαιδπ ςδοδ ρλοδιαϟδγ ϟμ ΜΓΓ� Αλτζδϟυ� αλγ Γδνοδππζσδ Γζπμογδοπ� πζκζιαο ϟμ ϟϝδ ϟμϟαι πϐμοδ� Ϟϝδ πρβπϐαιδπ ςδοδ αππμϐζαϟδγ ςζϟϝ ζλϐοδαπδγ ΑΓϜΓ πυκνϟμκ πδσδοζϟυ �Ο“ � �͵͵� ν
Download or read book Parenting Matters written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decades of research have demonstrated that the parent-child dyad and the environment of the familyâ€"which includes all primary caregiversâ€"are at the foundation of children's well- being and healthy development. From birth, children are learning and rely on parents and the other caregivers in their lives to protect and care for them. The impact of parents may never be greater than during the earliest years of life, when a child's brain is rapidly developing and when nearly all of her or his experiences are created and shaped by parents and the family environment. Parents help children build and refine their knowledge and skills, charting a trajectory for their health and well-being during childhood and beyond. The experience of parenting also impacts parents themselves. For instance, parenting can enrich and give focus to parents' lives; generate stress or calm; and create any number of emotions, including feelings of happiness, sadness, fulfillment, and anger. Parenting of young children today takes place in the context of significant ongoing developments. These include: a rapidly growing body of science on early childhood, increases in funding for programs and services for families, changing demographics of the U.S. population, and greater diversity of family structure. Additionally, parenting is increasingly being shaped by technology and increased access to information about parenting. Parenting Matters identifies parenting knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with positive developmental outcomes in children ages 0-8; universal/preventive and targeted strategies used in a variety of settings that have been effective with parents of young children and that support the identified knowledge, attitudes, and practices; and barriers to and facilitators for parents' use of practices that lead to healthy child outcomes as well as their participation in effective programs and services. This report makes recommendations directed at an array of stakeholders, for promoting the wide-scale adoption of effective programs and services for parents and on areas that warrant further research to inform policy and practice. It is meant to serve as a roadmap for the future of parenting policy, research, and practice in the United States.
Download or read book Introduction to Emotional and Behavioral Disorders written by Mary M. Jensen and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2005 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on today's realities in the schools and in society, this practical book will assist general and special education teachers of preschool through Grade 12 to recognize conduct that may lead to academic underachievement and emotional/ behavioral problems. A knowledge of the symptoms of such disorders can lead to appropriate interventions that reduce problem behavior, increase socially acceptable behavior, and improve academic performance--without recourse to ineffective punishment. Coverage examines common disorders such as autism and ADD/ADHD, along with such conditions as Tourette syndrome, gangs, eating disorders, depression, and others that may lead to learning and behavioral problems. The author presents the characteristics of each disorder, offers observable behaviors and assessment methods, and suggests positive, proactive classroom management strategies designed to teach appropriate replacement skills for undesirable behaviors. For general and special education teachers in the pre-and elementary school levels.
Download or read book Child and Adolescent Communication Disorders written by Marie R. Kerins and published by Plural Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-30 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
