Some of the main areas we address in psychotherapy are: depression, anxiety, relationship issues,
child behaviour concerns, trauma, life transitions, and family issues.
Not exact matches
Increasingly they are bringing
concerns about
children's school performance,
behaviour and levels of happiness to the attention of teachers.
Good news for marketers, bad news for anyone
concerned about the increase of unhealthy eating
behaviour amongst
children: shortly after playing a game with an embedded food advertisement,
children ate 55 % more of the candy offered to them than
children who had played a game with an embedded toy advertisement.
That gives serious cause for
concern because we found that lower blood DHA was linked with poorer
behaviour and learning in these
children.
The Education Scotland report stated: «Recent complaints against the school had highlighted
concerns about leadership, management of challenging
behaviour of
children and young people, staffing skills... and quality of learning experiences.
While acknowledging Kirk's good prison
behaviour, he «nevertheless notes the violent circumstances of the crime for which you were sentenced to life imprisonment» (ie kicking a man to death), and that «it is considered that there would be legitimate public
concern that the punitive and deterrent elements of your sentence of imprisonment were being circumvented if you were allowed to father a
child by artificial insemination while in prison».
After a contested hearing the court found the Mother had done all she could to promote contact, that the
children were genuinely
concerned about their Father's
behaviour and orders him to attend a parenting course as recommended by Social Services and, should the
children want it, contact supervised in a contact centre
The District Judge hearing the matter applied the welfare principles to the facts of the case and dismissed the Father's application on the basis that a return to Kent and potential return to the North East thereafter would be too disruptive for the
child and further that there were
concerns about the welfare of the Mother if she were to return to Kent in light of her allegations
concerning the Father's
behaviour and her medical condition.
Call our Calgary Grandparent
Child Contact Lawyers immediately if an issue arises over your ability to support the healthy development of your grandchild or if you have
concerns over inappropriate grandparent
behaviours upon marriage or relationship breakdown.
In this panel discussion our speakers answer questions about common
child protection practice
concerns including working with Aboriginal families, parents who are struggling to believe our worries about sexual abuse, working with
children who display sexually harmful
behaviour and effective safety planning.
Dr. Trish McCluskey has worked in
child protection for more than 30 years and is currently chair of Victoria's Therapeutic Treatment Board for young people with sexually
concerning behaviours.
For example, where both parents are «
children of Dr Spock's generation» who, in the name of not repressing their
children, have allowed total latitude in
behaviour and present with
children on the rampage (
concerned about their hyperactivity).
This level is for parents with a specific
concern about their
child's
behaviour or development.
Considering that parents tend not to be able to accurately recognise when their
child is overweight [39], it could be that a combination of the
child's actual weight and the
child's food responsive eating style elicits
concern in the parent, who then uses restrictive feeding practices in an attempt to modify the
child's eating
behaviour and subsequently weight.
We provide education on key
child and teen
concerns (e.g., anxiety, social - emotional skills, resilience) and teach parents and teachers how to use effective evidence - based approaches (primarily Cognitive
Behaviour Therapy - CBT), to help
children at home and in the classroom.
There was no information
concerning children's
behaviour as observed in their natural environment.
share experiences that might be affecting
children's feelings and
behaviour as well as possible
concerns and strengths
If the
concern is something about a
child's
behaviour while they're in your care, it's your responsibility to develop a solution.
Individual and family counselling offering assessment, guidance and therapy to
children, adolescents and their parents who are in conflict, uncertain about disciplinary approaches,
concerned about poor school performance, or by the appearance of symptomatic
behaviours.
Communicating your
concern with your
child about eating and dieting
behaviour can be extremely difficult.
The block randomised design was chosen because it is a more practical design to use for trials of health promoting interventions delivered in groups.26 Only parents of
children whose
behaviour fell in the worst half of the distribution were invited to take part because of
concerns about documenting change in population samples using instruments designed to identify and measure change in clinical populations.
School staff can assist by observing
children's
behaviour and identifying when they have
concerns about the wellbeing of
children in their care.
What is the best way to engage with parents who are not
concerned with their
child's bullying
behaviour?
Our observation that the improvement in both the ECBI intensity score, a measure based primarily on problem
behaviours, and the SDQ (conduct) scores was significantly greater in the intervention than the control group provides confidence that the intervention was effective, at least as far as these aspects of
children's mental health was
concerned.
And depending what it is we're talking about, but if we talking about a
concern about a
child, maybe about their social emotional wellbeing or, you know how they're forming relationships or their
behaviour in relationships, for some parents that's a really hard thing to hear.
When families and educators communicate effectively regarding a
child's
behaviours, emotions and thoughts in a range of situations, they can understand each other's
concerns about the
child and are better able to access appropriate professional support.
When parents and carers provide warm, trusting and responsive care towards
children, it enables them to respond with appropriate emotions and
behaviour, internalise a positive view of themselves and develop an understanding
concern for others.
The decision to seek professional help for a
child and their family, or educators, can be arrived at by considering and documenting what we know about
concerning behaviours in terms of their:
Many
behaviours that would be of
concern in an older
child are natural for infants and very young
children.
Take note of when, where and how often your
child is showing the particular
behaviour or emotion of
concern.
«Most parents throughout the primary school years will have some
concerns about their
children, their
child's
behaviour, in coping with what's going on at school, or at home, socializing with their friends.
When early childhood staff observe
children they are
concerned about, it is important they focus on particular
behaviours and get as much detail about these
behaviours as possible.
Mental health difficulties affect
children's emotions and
behaviour, and can cause
concern for the
child, parents and carers, and also the
child's school.
Target group: Selected Triple P (Level 2) All parents interested in parenting education and information about promoting their
child's development, or with specific
concerns about their
child's development or
behaviour.
Target groups: Primary Care Triple P (Level 3) Parents with a specific
concern / s about their
child's
behaviour or development who require consultations or active skills training.
Observation helps us to tune in to
children and notice their strengths as well as any
behaviour that causes
concern.
For a diagnosis to be made, the
behaviours of
concern should be far more common than are expected in
children of the same age, occur in more than one situation, and cause difficulties in the
child's ability to get on at home, at school or with friends.
A
child's
behaviour is often what first triggers our
concerns about their mental health and wellbeing.
Any particular experiences within the
child's family, school, community or culture that may be influencing the
behaviours of
concern.
Warm, trusting and responsive care towards
children enables them to respond with appropriate emotions and internalise a positive view of themselves and others, learning appropriate
behaviour and developing an understanding
concern for others.
Be aware of any ongoing issues or changes in your
child's
behaviour and talk to their teacher if you have any
concerns.
If you're
concerned about a
child, the first step is to observe the
child's
behaviour and the events around it.
AAI, Adult Attachment Interview; AFFEX, System for Identifying Affect Expression by Holistic Judgement; AIM, Affect Intensity Measure; AMBIANCE, Atypical Maternal
Behaviour Instrument for Assessment and Classification; ASCT, Attachment Story Completion Task; BAI, Beck Anxiety Inventory; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; BEST, Borderline Evaluation of Severity over Time; BPD, borderline personality disorder; BPVS - II, British Picture Vocabulary Scale II; CASQ,
Children's Attributional Style Questionnaire; CBCL,
Child Behaviour Checklist; CDAS - R,
Children's Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale - Revised; CDEQ,
Children's Depressive Experiences Questionnaire; CDIB,
Child Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines; CGAS,
Child Global Assessment Schedule; CRSQ,
Children's Response Style Questionnaire; CTQ, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; CTQ, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; DASS, Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scales; DERS, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale; DIB - R, Revised Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines; DSM, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; EA, Emotional Availability Scales; ECRS, Experiences in Close Relationships Scale; EMBU, Swedish acronym for Own Memories
Concerning Upbringing; EPDS, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; FES, Family Environment Scale; FSS, Family Satisfaction Scale; FTRI, Family Trauma and Resilience Interview; IBQ - R, Infant
Behaviour Questionnaire, Revised; IPPA, Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment; K - SADS, Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School - Age
Children; KSADS - E, Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia - Episodic Version; MMD, major depressive disorder; PACOTIS, Parental Cognitions and Conduct Toward the Infant Scale; PPQ, Perceived Parenting Quality Questionnaire; PD, personality disorder; PPVT - III, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Third Edition; PSI - SF, Parenting Stress Index Short Form; RSSC, Reassurance - Seeking Scale for
Children; SCID - II, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM - IV; SCL -90-R, Symptom Checklist 90 Revised; SCQ, Social Communication Questionnaire; SEQ,
Children's Self - Esteem Questionnaire; SIDP - IV, Structured Interview for DSM - IV Personality; SPPA, Self - Perception Profile for Adolescents; SSAGA, Semi-Structured Assessment for the Genetics of Alcoholism; TCI, Temperament and Character Inventory; YCS, Youth Chronic Stress Interview; YSR, Youth Self - Report.
In terms of development and emotional wellbeing, 60 % of the
children were at high risk of developmental disability focussed on parental
concerns about school,
behaviour and language; while 40 % had a moderate risk of emotional and behavioural problems.
There is still little evidence on DMDD itself so far, although the announcement by the DSM has led to
concerns that normative
children's
behaviours (tantrums) would be pathologised.
Finally, a group of studies
concerned social relationships in and around the classrooms, expressed for instance in bullying versus victimization of bullying, 35 antisocial vs prosocial
behaviour36 and classroom social status.37 These studies have demonstrated how important the school social environment is for the development of mental health problems in adolescents, and how important the familial background is for predicting who among the adolescents develops antisocial
behaviour (or bullying
behaviour) and who becomes the victim of other
children's
behaviour.
So excited to read your article - as a therapist specializing in
behaviour disorders and adoption, as well as being the adoptive parent of 12, I am constantly
concerned with the focus on * therapeutic parenting * for
children with attachment challenges.
Problems with communication, specifically non-verbal cognitive ability, are a strong predictor of externalising
behaviour problems.3
Children with ASD exhibit more severe internalising and externalising behaviours than non-ASD children, as well as a high prevalence of aggressive behaviour.3 These behavioural challenges can often cause caregivers more distress and mental health problems than the core ASD symptoms.4, 5 Increased child behaviour problems and parental (especially maternal) psychological distress compared with children without autism is established early in life — by the time that children are aged 5 years.6 These co-occurring, behaviour problems are of concern in early childhood because of the importance of these early years for longer term child developmental ou
Children with ASD exhibit more severe internalising and externalising
behaviours than non-ASD
children, as well as a high prevalence of aggressive behaviour.3 These behavioural challenges can often cause caregivers more distress and mental health problems than the core ASD symptoms.4, 5 Increased child behaviour problems and parental (especially maternal) psychological distress compared with children without autism is established early in life — by the time that children are aged 5 years.6 These co-occurring, behaviour problems are of concern in early childhood because of the importance of these early years for longer term child developmental ou
children, as well as a high prevalence of aggressive
behaviour.3 These behavioural challenges can often cause caregivers more distress and mental health problems than the core ASD symptoms.4, 5 Increased
child behaviour problems and parental (especially maternal) psychological distress compared with
children without autism is established early in life — by the time that children are aged 5 years.6 These co-occurring, behaviour problems are of concern in early childhood because of the importance of these early years for longer term child developmental ou
children without autism is established early in life — by the time that
children are aged 5 years.6 These co-occurring, behaviour problems are of concern in early childhood because of the importance of these early years for longer term child developmental ou
children are aged 5 years.6 These co-occurring,
behaviour problems are of
concern in early childhood because of the importance of these early years for longer term
child developmental outcomes.7
Pre-referral guidelines for
Child Behaviour / Mental Health / Developmental
Concerns can be accessed from the KidsConnect webpage.
Widespread
concerns about the effects of routine non-maternal care in a
child's first 2 years of life have focused primarily on how such experiences may affect the developing mother —
child relationship, but have also addressed effects on a
child's developing language and cognitive development, social competencies, problem
behaviours, and peer relations.