Full Description
Developmental and Behavioral Complexities in Children provides students and young professionals with an understanding of childhood mental health and developmental diagnoses through a series of qualitative vignettes alongside descriptions of clinical diagnoses and an overview of historical changes in the field.
A multidisciplinary, collaborative team of authors offer expertise based on questions received throughout their careers. The authors aim to ease some of the confusion that exists when navigating mixed messages about "typical" development, while providing state of the art information about specific diagnoses and providing clinical strategies and interventions that can be beneficial for children who may or may not meet criteria for a specific diagnosis.
The book equips clinicians and students with a framework to guide caregivers in learning to decipher complicated messages around childhood developmental and mental health diagnoses and prepare them to support children's developmental, social, behavioral, and emotional growth.
Contents
1. A Time Lapse View of Typical Childhood Development 2. General Behavioral Strategies 3. Intellectual Developmental Disorder or Just a Little Delayed 4. Autism Spectrum or Just a Little Different? 5. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder or Just Energetic? 6. Oppositional Defiant Disorder or Just Strong Willed? 7. Learning Disorder or Just Not Trying? 8. Anxiety Disorder or Just Really Cautious? 9. Depression or Just "Moody"? 10. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder or Just Overly Neat and Clean? 11. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder or just some Challenging Experiences? 12. An Exploration of Parenting 13. (More) Frequently Asked Questions
