Emotional Social Behavioral Personal _____________ + Misbehavior Antisocial behavior Delinquent interaction problem

1. Emotional Social Behavioral Personal _____________ + Misbehavior Antisocial behavior Delinquent interaction problem Problems Disturbance Disorder Maladjustment Handicap Impairment _____________ Low social competance Behavioral problems - TerminologyThe terminology of the field is so variable and confused that you can pick one label from A and combine with B -and even add severe or seriously TE Behavior Problems Isp - Uio

2. Myth Most children with BP escape the notice of people around them Children with BP are usually very bright Children who exhibit shy, anxious behavior are more seriously impaired than the hyperaggressive Most of them need a permissive environment in which they feel accepted and can accept themselves Facts Whether they are aggressive or withdrawn , they are easy to spot Few have high IQ, in fact most have a low normal IQ Unless the withdraw is extreme, they have the best chance for social adjustments in adulthood Research shows that a firmly structured and highly predicable (but not hostile) environment benefits BP - Misconceptions TE Behavior Problems Isp - Uio

3. Only highly professional psychiatrist, psychologist or social workers can help The BP are only symptoms, the real problem are hidden deep in the chills psyche Most teachers and parents can learn to be highly effective.Many require service of highly trained professionals as well There is no sound scientific basis for belief in hidden causes. The child’s behavior and it’s social context are the problem. Causes may involve a child’s thoughts, feelings and perception, however. BP - Misconceptions TE Behavior Problems Isp - Uio

4. Definitional problems - BP • There is no universally accepted definition of BP. Professional groups and experts have felt free to construct individual working definitions to fit their own professional purposes • Reasons for lack of consensus regarding definition: • Lack of an adequate definition of mental health and normality • Differences among conceptual models and theories • measurement • Relationships between BP and other impairments - f.i. Mental retardation • intention of definition • Cultural-, time and situation conditions • Differences in the functions of socialization agents who categorize and serve children TE Behavior Problems Isp - Uio

5. Definition BP • There is general agreement that BP refers to: • Behavior that goes to an extreme - behavior that is not slightly different from the usual • A problem that is chronic - one that does not quickly disappear • Behavior that is unacceptable because of social or cultural expectations • Different types of definitions: • Operational • professional • administrative TE Behavior Problems Isp - Uio

6. Definition BP • One ecological definition: • Emotional disturbance is not a physical is not a physical disease located solely within a child, but we prefer to look at a disturbed ecosystem, in which disturbance can be more profitably viewed as a “failure to match” (Apter 82) • One “labeling” or reactive definition: • The deviant is one to whom that label has successfully been applied: Deviant behavior is behavior that people so label (Becker 1963) TE Behavior Problems Isp - Uio

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