Behavioral problems Terminology The terminology of the field
Behavioral problems - Terminology The terminology of the field is so variable and confused that you can pick one label from A and combine with B -and even add severe or seriously n n n n n Emotional n Problems Social n Disturbance Behavioral n Disorder Personal n Maladjustment _______ n Handicap + Misbehavior n Impairment Antisocial behavior n _______ Delinquent n Low social TE Behavior Problems competance Isp - Uio interaction problem 1
BP - Misconceptions n n n Myth n Facts Most children with BP n Whether they are escape the notice of aggressive or withdrawn , people around them they are easy to spot Children with BP are n Few have high IQ, in fact usually very bright most have a low normal IQ Children who exhibit shy, n Unless the withdraw is anxious behavior are more extreme, they have the seriously impaired than the best chance for social hyperaggressive adjustments in adulthood Most of them need a n Research shows that a permissive environment in firmly structured and which they feel accepted highly predicable (but not TE Behavior Problems Isp - Uio 2 and can accept themselves hostile) environment
BP - Misconceptions n Only highly professional psychiatrist, psychologist or social workers can help n n The BP are only symptoms, the real problem are hidden deep in the chills psyche n Most teachers and parents can learn to be highly effective. Many require service of highly trained professionals as well There is no sound scientific basis for belief in hidden causes. The child’s behavior and it’s social context are the problem. Causes may involve a child’s thoughts, feelings and perception, however. TE Behavior Problems Isp - Uio 3
Definitional problems - BP n n n n n There is no universally accepted definition of BP. Professional groups and experts have felt free to construct individual working definitions to fit their own professional purposes Reasons for lack of consensus regarding definition: Lack of an adequate definition of mental health and normality Differences among conceptual models and theories measurement Relationships between BP and other impairments - f. i. Mental retardation intention of definition Cultural-, time and situation conditions Differences in the functions socialization TE Behaviorof Problems Isp - Uio agents who categorize and serve children 4
Definition BP n n n n There is general agreement that BP refers to: Behavior that goes to an extreme - behavior that is not slightly different from the usual A problem that is chronic - one that does not quickly disappear Behavior that is unacceptable because of social or cultural expectations Different types of definitions: Operational professional administrative TE Behavior Problems Isp - Uio 5
Definition BP n n One ecological definition: Emotional disturbance is not a physical disease located solely within a child, but we prefer to look at a disturbed ecosystem, in which disturbance can be more profitably viewed as a “failure to match” (Apter 82) One “labeling” or reactive definition: The deviant is one to whom that label has successfully been applied: Deviant behavior is behavior that people so label (Becker 1963) TE Behavior Problems Isp - Uio 6
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