Childhood Mental Health
An individual who should be able to coo and babble.
An infant
Over-controlled and inner-directed behaviors
Internalizing Behaviors
Many of these disorders can be inherited.
Genetics
Reviews factors like domestic violence, sexual abuse, physical abuse, child protective services, family members’ mental and physical health, foster care, financial problems, frequent moves, loss of loved ones, etc.
Social History
tending to the biological needs of your body (sleep, nutrition, health)
Physical Self-care
A child who has experienced direct maltreatment and other experiences related to their family and household.
ACEs
Common theme of developmental psychopathology is “adaptational difficulty or failure”
Maladaptive behaviors:
•Intensity
•Frequency
•Duration
•Atypicality
•Number
• Excessive level of activity
• Distractibility and difficulty concentrating
• Makes careless mistakes, cannot follow instructions, forgetful
• May have difficulty with peer interactions
• Three types:
• Inattention
• Hyperactivity and Impulsivity
• Combined
• Combined type is the most common
ADHD
Process of looking at the behaviors of a person to better understand how they act in different settings. You may look at the frequency of their behaviors.
Observation
Balance of workload, separating personal and professional
Professional Self-care
Doing this as soon as possible, through screening or consultation _____ can be given.
Early Interventions
The ability of a child to recover and show early and effective adaptation following a potentially traumatic event.
Resilience
Behaviors that break what is considered age-appropriate societal norms or when we see rules being violated. Typically, this is associated with antisocial behaviors. They fit the DSM-V TR criteria.
Conduct Disorder
Nearly 85% of all psychotropic medications are written by
Primary Care Practitioners
School-based mental health service provider conducts comprehensive evaluations related to special education eligibility?
School Psychologist
A program that is federally funded that is supposed to help young children from ages birth to 5 by promoting their development
Head Start
Characteristics at the biological, psychological, family, community, or cultural level that precede and are associated with a higher likelihood of negative outcomes
Risk Factors
_______________ disability with an age of onset before _________ years old.
Autism; 3
Seeing an individual’s orientation to time and place as well as descriptions of the patient’s appearance, general behavior, and alertness
Mental Status Exam
Training in all aspects of mental health, in common childhood mental disorders, and in working specifically with children and adolescents. Can prescribe medications.
Psychiatrist
Early childhood programs tend to...
show financial returns on investment (Cost Benefit Analysis)
A ___________________ defines the sequence and timing of behavioral continuities and transformations and, ideally, summarizes the probabilistic relationships between successive behaviors.
Pathway
These are dependent on the type of impairment it causes someone physically or socially, the risk it may bring them, and unsuccessful efforts to cut down or stop use.
Substance Use Disorder
____ have been chosen to have maximum statistical sensitivity (to identify the maximum number of individuals who have the disorder) and specificity (which means to not identify individuals who do not have the disorder)
Can provide direct services (e.g., counseling) or indirect services (e.g., case management) to students
School Social Worker