Common Childhood Problems
These emotional outbursts, commonly seen in children approximately 1 to 4 years old, may include crying, screaming, kicking, or dropping to the floor.
Temper tantrums
Lack of stable housing may interfere with a child’s safety, education, nutrition, friendships, health care, and this basic emotional need.
Security or stability
Difficulty maintaining concentration, failing to complete tasks, and appearing not to listen demonstrate this ADHD behavior.
Inattention
Protecting the child from harm, meeting basic needs, and promoting the greatest possible level of independence are therapeutic actions for a child with this condition.
Intellectual disability
Serious difficulty forming relationships, sharing interests, responding to others, or understanding social cues reflects impairment in this area.
Social interaction
Remaining calm, ignoring the behavior when safety permits, and consistently enforcing reasonable limits are two interventions for this childhood problem.
Temper tantrums
Fearfulness, mistrust, low self-esteem, aggression, withdrawal, developmental delays, and difficulty forming relationships may result from these experiences.
Child abuse and neglect
Excessive movement, fidgeting, running, climbing, or difficulty remaining seated demonstrate this ADHD behavior.
Hyperactivity
Caregivers should use short, simple instructions, allow extra response time, and teach one step at a time when working with a child with this condition.
Intellectual disability
Delayed speech, unusual language, echolalia, or difficulty using gestures may indicate impairment in these two forms of communication.
Verbal and nonverbal communication
Repeated involuntary urination after the age when bladder control is normally expected is known as this.
Enuresis
Children who experience severe trauma may show nightmares, avoidance, emotional numbing, irritability, and repeated memories associated with this disorder.
Post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD
Interrupting others, acting before thinking, and having difficulty waiting for a turn demonstrate this ADHD behavior.
Impulsivity
Specific learning disorders may affect these three major academic areas.
Reading, written expression, and mathematics
Repetitive movements, strict routines, resistance to change, and unusually narrow interests may occur in children with these disorders.
Pervasive developmental disorders
Establishing a bedtime and toileting routine, offering emotional support, and avoiding punishment are interventions for this problem.
Enuresis
Providing a predictable routine, remaining calm, and offering reassurance without reinforcing avoidance are interventions for a child experiencing this.
Being easily drawn away from a task by surrounding sights, sounds, or activity demonstrates this fourth ADHD behavior.
Distractibility
A persistent difficulty recognizing words, decoding written language, reading fluently, or understanding written material describes a disorder in this area.
Reading
Meeting basic needs, providing opportunities for development and success, and encouraging self-care and independence are three general interventions for these clients.
Children with mental health problems
Improving family communication, establishing consistent expectations, and seeking professional help when behavior becomes unmanageable are interventions for this common family problem.
Parent-child conflict
Teaching relaxation, breathing, play, or age-appropriate coping skills is a second therapeutic intervention for this childhood condition.
Anxiety
Early identification of disruptive behavioral disorders allows treatment before repeated aggression, rule-breaking, school failure, and damaged relationships become this.
Established or increasingly severe patterns of behavior
Difficulty understanding numbers, learning arithmetic facts, or performing calculations describes a learning disorder in this area.
Mathematics
Using play, concrete language, consistent routines, positive reinforcement, and developmentally appropriate expectations reflects this approach to childhood mental health care.
Individualized, age-appropriate therapeutic care