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This 7 page paper provides an overview of a study guide for teachers for assessment and programming for children with behavior disorders. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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an acknowledgment of a variety of factors, including the societal views of delinquency and the link between behavioral problems and the response of clinicians and educators. In school-aged populations,
the issue of aggression and delinquency presents considerable problems for educators and parents, who struggle with the displays of physical aggression, delinquent behavior and gang participation that extend from manifestations
of aggression (Sutherland, 1947). Kraegers (2004) research study, Strangers in the Halls: Isolation and Delinquency in School Networks, relates some of the central factors that contribute to the aggressive,
dissociative and fundamentally delinquent behaviors that lend themselves to disruptions in the educational setting. What must be recognized in determining programming designed to reduce disruptions in the classroom setting is
that there are distinctions between aggressive behaviors and delinquency and psychiatric disorders. Strategies must reflect the correlation between behaviors and psychopathology when determining the methods for implementing programming to
prevent disruptions. Assessment The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) defines disruptive behavior disorders as: "persistent negative behavior patterns that usually incite caretakers or
peers to respond with anger, impatience, punishment or avoidance" (APA, 1994). These disorders are commonly categorized into three groups: attention deficit/hyperactive disorder (AD/HD), conduct disorder (CD) and oppositional defiant disorder
(ODD). Conduct Disorder (CD) The behavior of children with conduct disorder typically violates the rights of others and it can be so severe as to violate social customers and
legal rules (APA, 1994). Examples of behaviors include vandalism, fighting, bullying peers, cruelty to animals and people, theft and in older years, use of substances and becoming involved in early
sexual activities (APA, 1994). Conduct disorder is prevalent with some studies estimating that 9 percent of all children under the age of 18 struggle with conduct disorder (APA, 1994).
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