Practitioner's Guide to Behavioral Problems in Children

by Glen P. Aylward

Overview

An easy, concise reference with inclusion of practical diagnostic and treatment information

Also appropriate for use by parents as a bibliotherapeutic aid

Contains quick reference section of the 20 most frequently seen behavioral problems and what actions to take

Written by a leading Pediatric Psychologist for use by not only Child Psychologists but also Pediatricians and Family Physicians

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461349426
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	09/20/2012
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Pages:	158
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.01(d)

About the Author

Glen Aylward is professor of pediatrics and psychiatry and director of the Division of Developmental and Behavior Pediatrics at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- Behavioral Problems in Infants and Young Children.- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-Primary Care (DSM-PC).- Age Concerns.- Risk and Protective Factors.- Social Status.- Psychosocial Factors.- Suggested Questions for Psychosocial Screening.- Bidirectional Influences.- 2 Parenting Issues.- Family Considerations.- Dimensions of Parenting.- Control.- Communication.- Maturity Demands.- Nurturance.- Parenting Profiles.- Authoritarian Parenting.- Permissive Parenting.- Authoritative Parenting.- Other Parenting Issues.- Summary.- Stress.- Parental History.- Other Parental Risks.- Discipline.- 3 Child Characteristics.- Cognitive Abilities.- Temperament.- Temperament Constellations.- Easy Child.- Difficult Child.- Slow-to-Warm-Up Child.- Temperament and Problem Behaviors.- Other Temperamental Considerations.- Attachment.- Secure Attachment.- Insecure Attachment.- Disorganized Attachment.- Clinical Evaluation of Attachment.- Vulnerable Child Syndrome.- Spoiled Child Syndrome.- Summary.- Child-Caretaker Interplay.- Characteristics of Invulnerability.- 4 Externalizing Disorders.- Aggression.- Violence.- Oppositional-Defiant Disorder (ODD)/ Conduct Disorder (CD).- Relationship between Oppositional-Defiant and Conduct Disorders.- Developmental Subtypes of Aggression.- Life-Course Persistent/Early Starters.- Adolescent-Limited/Late Onset.- Protective Factors.- Assessment Framework.- Summary.- 5 Theories and Practice.- Maturational Theory.- Psychodynamic Model.- Psychosocial Model.- Cognitive Model.- Moral Development.- Behavioral Model.- Classical Conditioning.- Examples of Classical Conditioning.- Counter-Conditioning.- Enuresis.- Operant Conditioning.- Operant Behavioral Problems.- Methods of Altering Behaviors.- Social Learning Theory/Modeling.- Summary.- 6 General Intervention Algorithm.- Identify/Define Problem.- Consider Other Issues.- Define Positive Behavior.- Describe Program/Choices.- Problem Behavior.- If Problem Behavior Occurs.- Time Out.- Time-Out Enhancement.- Response Cost.- If Problem Behavior Does Not Occur.- 7 Specific Techniques.- Statements of Disapproval/Explanations.- Warnings.- Time Out.- If Time Out is Ineffective.- Presentation of Aversive Stimuli.- Response Cost.- Token Systems.- Grab-bag/Treasure Chest.- If Token Program is Unsuccessful.- Ignoring/Distracting.- Behavior Log/Diary.- Other Approaches/Considerations.- Applications.- 8 Applications.- Case 1. Aggression.- Case 2. Bedtime Problem.- Case 3. Time-Out Refusal.- Case 4. Toileting Problem.- Case 5. Homework problem.- Case 6. Problem with Separation.- Case 7. Refusal to Do Chores.- Case 8. School Difficulty.- Summary.- 9 Quick Reference: Signs, Reinforcements, Techniques, and Considerations.- Aggression (Young Child).- Aggression (Older Child).- Argumentativeness.- Bedwetting.- Excessive Fears.- Food Refusal.- Masturbatory Behavior.- Mutism.- Noncompliance.- Refusal to Take Medication.- School Behavioral Problem.- School Refusal.- Separation Issue.- Sibling Conflict.- Sleep Problem.- Soiling.- Somatic Concerns.- Temper Tantrums.- Thumbsucking.- Whining.- 10 Summary and Musings.- References.