This article reviews the current research on the occurrence and nature of behavior problems in these children, with particular attention to issues relevant to young children and the type and severity of problems that have been observed at ages as young as 2 years. Evidence in support of ...
Many times when kids hang out with just one or two other children parents assume they are miserable, when in fact many kids prefer one-on-one play over the manic hustle and bustle that often goes along with young children’s playgroups. So make certain that your son views this as a pro...
(ASD) symptomatology in young children aged 1–7.5 years old, with SCT (N = 105) and control children (N = 101). Children with SCT show less interaction behaviors and more social withdrawal, as compared to their control peers, which were most evident in the high social load ...
Issues related to the child's physical health and/or age, while they have received less attention, may also relate to increased levels of parental stress and decreased mental and physical health. Bourke et al. (2008) surveyed 250 Australian mothers of children and young adults with Down syndrom...
Let children know that unjust things can be changed. Encourage them to challenge bias and involve them in taking action on issues relevant to their lives. Discuss similarities and differences in the children in your group. It’s these differences that make us unique. Framing difference as a goo...
in infants is less obvious, but well known for both heterosexual and gay human males. With the exception of bonobos (de Waal & Lanting,1997), sex with juveniles is rare in animals. In an Internet-based, anonymous questionnaire, 4.1% responded that they had sexual fantasies about children, ...
Objectives: The aims of this study were to learn about the nature, frequency, and patterns of young children's observed sexual play and behavior in pre-school settings, and staff responses to them. Method: Fifty eight staff in 11 pre-school settings were interviewed and data obtained about th...
Problems of Girls and Young Women with Mental Retardation (Intellectual Disabilities) The issues of girls and young women—or even of sex differences in general—within mental retardation are woefully underexplored. To this day, we continue to lack even the most basic information about the course,...
We’ll also talk about giving consequences to kids when they do lash out and hurt someone. In my experience, consequences are imperative to ending aggressive behavior in young children. They teach your child that all behaviors have a consequence, whether good or bad, and will help...
in young children must be assessed within a developmental framework that considers both the age appropriateness of behavior and age changes in the behavioral manifestations of problems (Campbell, in press). Unfortunately, however, much clinical and research work in child psychopathology lacks a ...