Mina Pham Mrs.Costello Block: 4 16 April 2013 Oppositional Defiant Disorder Oppositional Defiant Disorder is a disorder in which children appear very stubborn and often angry reflecting behaviors such as frequent temper tantrums, arguing, defiance, non-compliance, externalizing blame, vindictiveness, and other behavior problems. In order to treat ODD patients, both the parents and children must take action to seek therapy and talk to a counselor in order control a child’s behavior. The best therapy for ODD is probably group and family therapies. Group therapies do not provide the same degree of therapist involvement with each client; however, it saves therapists’ time and clients’ money and it often is no less effective than individual
Children need to be taught subtlety, not brutality. Hitting a child is never reasonable, no matter how much trouble they have caused. Reasons being, it might bring forth feelings of anger towards parents who struck them, it could make the child violent towards others, and it can also create a rebellious person.
Child abuse is a complex phenomenon with multiple causes. Understanding the causes of abuse is crucial to addressing the problem of child abuse. Parents who physically abuse their spouses are more likely than others to physically abuse their children (Garbarino, & Garbarino, 1994). Many physically abusive parents and caregivers insist that their actions are simply forms of discipline—ways to make children learn to behave. But there is a big difference between using physical punishment to discipline and physical abuse.
and may have some potentially long term effects such as increasing the misbehavior, aggression, violent or criminal behavior, impaired learning, depression, and in worst case suicide. The items that are cited here are very alarming and they express the concern that spanking is more than just a punishment. As said before spanking "is the least effective way to discipline" a child for two reasons; both reasons teach the child nothing about the difference between right and wrong. The first fact is that spanking confuses the child. The reason that spanking confuses them is simply this; parents are the example of the difference between right and wrong and all spanking is doing is telling the child is that every time somebody does something wrong they should be smacked for the mistake they made.
Broken bones happening a lot, although children are clumsier and weak I would still be very wary if a child was coming in with broken bones on a regular basis, especially if they had other signs of physical abuse. Aggressive behaviour or severe temper outbursts, children can be naughty and angry but if they were getting like this over small things on a regular basis or they had a change in behaviour I would think someone wasn’t right. Emotional: If a young child was always sulking, hair twisting, rocking and not being comfortable or relaxed whilst in a particular setting I would worry that something was troubling them. It is know that people who are worried rock or use motions that calm them. Being unable to play, most young children are able to play weather its playing with dolls or playing mums and dads if a child was unable to do this or feel comfortable to do this I would question the reasons why.
The mind frame which an adolescent is permanently damaged with is not a healthy one. The learned behavior that a male or female carry on becomes an unhealthy cycle. It is too often that adults don’t realize that the major victim to domestic violence is the innocent child who lives the domestic violence environment. For example, young preschool children witnessing domestic violence has a negative effect on the development of preschool. There is a discrepancy between exposed and non-exposed children in cognitive ability as well as externalizing and internalizing behavior problems.
The child’s lack of adequate socialization with peers may contribute to identity confusion. The adolescent being to notice that they are not like their friends. and this alone can cause a great deal of distress. Teenagers want to fit into a group and Crohn’s disease constantly pulls them away from their peers and deprives them of a sense of belonging. Teens may be self-conscious of their delayed puberty a complication of Crohn’s disease.
Children may see this act as hatred, uncaring, and can cause a bit of confusion. In result the child would grow scared of the parent, never knowing when they may act again. More effective
Family life can be characterized as chaotic and uncertain. Structure and rules may be either nonexistent or inconsistent. Children, who may not understand that their parent’s behavior and mood is determined by the amount of alcohol or other drugs in their bloodstream, can feel confused and insecure. They love their parents and worry about them, and yet feel angry and hurt that their parents do not love
An anxious/ambivalent style is more complex because it is fostered by inconsistent treatment by the parent/caregiver. One time they can be loving and attentive, and another time indifferent or rejecting, which is not only inconsistent, but also unpredictable. (Wood, J. T., 2006)