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Psy 270 Week 7 DQs

Psy 270 Week 7 DQs

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One important fact of interest is the low rates of clinical depression among very young

children due to lack of cognitive skills which allow for clinical depression to develop.

However, in adults and older children these skills are more developed and the rate of clinical

depression increases. However, children similarly to adults can experience depression as a

result of negative life events, major life changes or abusive relationships. Because children

are often incapable of expressing their feelings or emotions effectively the symptoms of

anxiety and depression are often presented in a physical manner with complaints of

headaches, stomach upset, and irritable mood. Where the adult may have trouble maintaining

intimate relationships, meeting responsibilities, self-care needs, or struggle to maintain

employment the child may have difficulty with social relationships among peers, struggle

academically, or display inappropriate behaviors or act in an aggressive manner.

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ADHD is marked by behavior which is seemingly attention seeking behavior which is

disruptive or otherwise maladaptive or inconsistent with ones developmental level. The child

has difficulty with organization, suffers from distractions easily, and may display symptoms of

hyperactive behaviors. Disruptive behavior disorder involves behavior which is not only

disruptive but often aggressive towards other people, animals, or property. These individuals

frequently bully or threaten other people or instigate physical confrontations. Little respect is

shown to people, animals, or personal property. The obvious difference among the two

disorders is that while both are disruptive ADHD fails to have the aggressive nature to the

behavior.

There is little confusion about how classroom environments may be negatively affected by

either disorder. The aggressive or hyperactive child will cause disruption and distraction

among the class environment as a whole hindering the ability for other students to focus as

well as decreasing the teachers’ ability to effectively teach. The teacher’s attention will likely

be torn from the class and task at hand to the student causing the disruption. In addition,

other children may be fearful of the student or possibly “make fun” of the child because he or

she is different and the other classmates are unable to understand the disorder.

Do doctors over-prescribe medication for ADHD? Absolutely! My personal experiences

have shown this to be a fact. Although my children have no behavioral problems or disorders I

have had a number of friends whose children “seemingly” have an issue with behavior. It

seems to me that any child who shows the slightest increase of aggressive behavior or displays

hyperactive behavior is quickly labeled and put on medication. In my opinion, children can be

expected to become hyper, some more than others, depending on the circumstances. Maybe

the child is having “the best day ever” for about a week… is this wrong? Some children fidget,

some are more extroverted and will talk a lot, want to be the center of attention, and interrupt

others … with the exception of being rude and interrupting is this wrong? Do we want perfect

little robots that are seen and not heard? Children don’t often know their behavior is

inappropriate and rather than the parents, or educator, explaining why the child can’t behave

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Week 7/1 ???? One important fact of interest is the low rates of clinical depression among very young children due to lack of cognitive skills which allow for clinical depression to develop. However, in adults and older children these skills are more developed and the rate of clinical depression increases. However, children similarly to adults can experience depression as a result of negative life events, major life changes or abusive relationships. Because children are often incapable of expressing their feelings or emotions effectively the symptoms of anxiety and depression are often present ...
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