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This 9 page paper begins with the prevalence of aggressive behaviors and oppositional defiant disorder in young children, ages 2-5. The writer then describes several approaches and interventions to use with children to reduce or eliminate aggressive behaviors and/or to prevent them. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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of two- to five-year old children exhibit oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) behaviors (Fox, Dunlap and Powell, 2002). One study that included over 3,800 children in this age range found 16.8
percent met the criteria for ODD (Fox, Dunlap and Powell, 2002). Nearly half of those children met the criteria for severe ODD (Fox, Dunlap and Powell, 2002). Three-year-olds had the
highest rate at 22.5 percent and five-year-olds had he lowest rate of 15 percent (Fox, Dunlap and Powell, 2002). About 2 percent of the group were also identified as having
attention-deficit disorder, most were also diagnosed with ODD (Fox, Dunlap and Powell, 2002). The incidence of ODD is higher for children living in poverty. Studies of Head Start children revealed
as many as 39 percent of the boys exhibiting aggressive behaviors (Fox, Dunlap and Powell, 2002). Other studies have found that more children in Head Start exhibit aggressive behaviors
than the same age range children in other community preschool programs (Fox, Dunlap and Powell, 2002). An interesting result of this study was that children in Head Start exhibited more
physical aggression but less verbal aggression than children in other childcare programs (Fox, Dunlap and Powell, 2002). Some people may dismiss these behaviors, believing the young child will simply grow
out of them but that is not true. Studies consistently demonstrate that at least half of the children exhibiting aggressive behaviors at preschool age have problems throughout their school years
(Goodwin, Pacey and Grace, 2003; Fox, Dunlap and Powell, 2002). Behaviors may well escalate "progressing to conduct disorder symptoms such as fighting, lying, and stealing in middle childhood" (Fox, Dunlap
and Powell, 2002, p. 208). This progression is likely to continue through adolescence and adulthood with increased antisocial behaviors (Goodwin, Pacey and Grace, 2003; Fox, Dunlap and Powell, 2002).
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