Randy's behavior is probably caused by his environment because when he is alone he is perfectly capable of having age-appropriate independence and doesn't have any learning disabilities. Randy is most likely having issues because his mother and father have separated, his mother and his boyfriend are in a low socioeconomic situation, his mother is not around often, and when she is she sometimes makes threats about sending him to live with his father. Randy also is mirroring harsh language from someone because he knows bad words at the preschool level which is most likely heard from someone in the family. It seems like much of his negative social behavior is from his family and it could potentially be abusive.
At school I would suggest that
Randy saw someone to talk about his problems during his after school day care time. It could be a psychologist or teacher that used play therapy and help Randy let some of his emotions out in a healthy way. I would suggest to his teachers that they could separate Randy when he is being mean to other kids. I would suggest that he sat closer to the teacher and had his own seat until he felt he could be nice to other kids. If he is really acting out and endangering other kids he needs to be completely isolated from the other kids and sit with his teacher until he calms down. Randy shouldn't be treated differently in the classroom than any other kid when he is being polite and positive because that will show him that he is like the other kids but he needs to be nice to them in order to interact with them. In the home I would suggest that if Randy's situation seemed abusive based on what he said or displayed then CPS should be called to make sure that everything was okay. Only in the case that he showed signs of neglect, emotional abuse, or physical abuse. Otherwise I would suggest sending him home with positive things to do like drawing his feelings, or maybe watching something that was positive. He could also see a psychologist outside of the home or have someone who was a positive role model see or call him regularly.
Ronald Morrish would encourage Miss Pearl to speak with Joshua privately and remind him of the rules of behavior, which may entail treating the teacher and peers with respect and courtesy, following directions, and doing the best that he can to learn. Morrish would advise Miss Pearl to utilize compliance training to help Joshua to understand the basics between right and wrong behavior and then teach him appropriate and inappropriate behavior in the classroom through explanation, demonstration, and guided practice. Furthermore, Morrish would advise Miss Pearl to insist that Joshua redo the misbehavior correctly. For example, when Joshua speaks to his teacher disrespectfully and sarcastically, she would be advised to have him redo it in a polite
...y. As the book showed ?dad yells and blames everyone, mom yells at the kids, the older children yell at the younger children, and the youngest child kicks the cat.? (Carceral, 2004, pp. 200). The youngest child is not able to understand what is really going on and feels worthless and not loved without conditions. This child will turn to where they will get attention. This can lead to undesirable associates and into crime. As the child grows older, and has children of this/her own the syndrome is passed on.
At school, Richard shows behaviors that are similar to the ones experienced at home. Although, he’s described to be a “sweat and bright boy” who does not have trouble interacting with peers, and is able to communicate verbally to express himself, he is described as “hyper” and as someone who constantly engages in yelling, crying and kicking when is time to nap. For instance, and as the scenario describes, in this particular occasion, Richard’s teacher had to redirect him several times for him to finally lie down and take a nap. Richard was pretending to be a plane and making sounds to simulate an airplane crash
People tend to base characteristics and personalities of people pretty quickly. Most people base their opinions on stereotypes. Reginald Rose and his play “12 Angry Men” demonstrate how people are quick to judge other people based on looks. In the movie all twelve jurors must decide if a young boy is guilty or innocent. At the beginning of the movie/play-write, only one juror, juror eight, decides the boy is innocent. Based on the evidence gathered from the case everyone agrees the boy is innocent except one man, juror three. He eventually breaks down and tells the truth. The viewers can tell that this movie/play is full of emotions. Each of these emotions can be described as something more than what comes to the eye.
...ription of his foster parents, his foster siblings, are less than objective. I anticipate finding that his symptoms of anxiety attacks, fear of accomplishment, panic over being successful, fear of abandonment, can be interpreted as outward manifestations of unconscious conflicts that have their origins in childhood experiences and defensive reactions to these experienced that were necessary to him as a child.
Tan, C.S. (2007). Test Review Behavior assessment system for children (2nd ed.). Assessment for Effective Intervention, 32, 121-124.
I have heard many stories of the cruel and evil crimes that some children have committed. There are a number of causes that can occur during development, that can cause these, kind of criminal behaviors. Antisocial behavior which can be broken down into different types of behavior (1.) the presence of antisocial behavior for instance aggressive and disobedient behavior (2.) the lack of prosocial behavior, prosocial is a behavior that demonstrates cooperative, truthful and caring children. Behaviors such as these can really alter a child’s behavior. Most children show signs of some antisocial behavior during their development, and different children demonstrate different levels of prosocial and antisocial behavior. Some children however, may manifest extreme levels of both antisocial and prosocial behaviors; for example, a very loving but hostile child. Some children can experience low levels of both types of behaviors. Extreme levels of antisocial behavior are considered a mental illness. Young children may show extreme antagonism towards authoritative figures, and be diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder.
My rationale for writing this paper is to know what oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is and its effect on age, gender, and concurring behaviors (comorbidity) like attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and conduct disorder (CD). How these conditions are affected in getting the proper diagnosis and treatment for ODD. Loeber, Burke, and Pardini reported in clinical groups among children, ODD is listed as one of the most commonly known behavioral disorders (as cited in Kazdin, 1995). Stringaris and Goodman (2009) found ODD is apparently very important among adolescents because of its strong connection with a large assortment of fully developed mental health disorders such as (as cited by Kim-Cohen et all., 2003, Nock, Kazdin, Hiripi, & Kessler, 2007) conduct disorder (CD) and an introverted disorder (as cited by Burke, Loeber, Lahey, & Rathouz, 2005; Costello, Mustillo, Erkanli, Keeler, & Angold, 2003; Ford, Goodman, & Meltzer, 2003).
Conduct Disorder has been a part of the American Psychological Association’s Diagnostic Statistical Manuel (DSM) since its original release date in 1994. Although, there is new information about the disorder that was previously unknown, Conduct Disorder is distinguished by a “repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior in which the basic rights of others or major age-appropriate norms or rules are violated” (American Psychiatric Association, 1994.) This mild, moderate, or severe antisocial behavior begins to appear either in childhood, categorized as early-onset conduct disorder , or in adolescence after ten years of age, classified as adolescent-onset conduct disorder (Passamonti et al., 2010.) The criteria to meet to be diagnosed with this disorder are separated into four subgroups: aggressive conduct, nonaggressive conduct, deceitfulness or theft, and serious violations of the rules. Three or more incidents must be present in the past twelve months with at least one of the characteristics being present in the past six months. This disorder causes severe impairment of functioning across a variety of situations so it is important to keep in mind society and individual situations because this diagnosis may be “misapplied to individuals in settings where patterns of undesirable behavior are sometimes viewed as protective” (American Psychiatric Association, 1994.) For example, a patient that has recently relocated from a war torn country would most likely not be a candidate for Conduct disorder even though he or she may exhibit some of the characteristics.
I have decided to research the development of antisocial personality disorders due to the quality of early childhood care and early childhood experiences. Antisocial personality disorder is described generally as disregard for others. Diagnosing ASPD involves features such as delinquency, physical assaults, deceitfulness and lying, impulsivity, and irresponsibility. This topic appealed to me because my step sister goes to see a therapist and they have reason to believe that she may have an antisocial or borderline personality disorder. While I won’t divulge, she has had many traumatic childhood experiences and had quite the rough upbringing with her parents. This led me to be interested in this article and to find out more about the connections between the two phenomena.
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Time is all you have and you have to make the most of it. Randy Pausch had pancreatic cancer and according to his doctors he had only three to six months left to live, but that did not matter to Randy. Randy made the most of his time to spend with his family and preparing his last lecture at Carnegie Mellon to leave something to his kids to look back on. Randy shows us that time is not to be wasted sitting around and doing nothing. Randy also shows us to manage our time to do everything that is needed to be done. Finally, Randy shows us that time can change people for good or for worse. From this book, I learned that you have to spend all of your
The social learning theories opened the gate into the study and research of the social cognitive theories that focuses on aggressive behavior and aggressive inputs are a major contribution to the theories of personality (Yeager et al., 2013). The insights provided by the professionals throughout this article focused on personality extremities and how they affected individuals involved in the study, while reflecting on internalizing and externalizing factors. The way individuals handle their differences in personality traits depends heavily upon several factors that begin affecting at an extremely young
... a better relationship with their best friend. Antisocial behavior can also develop as a result of harsh parenting. In a study done by Jaffee (2012), studies on monozygotic twins showed that the twin exposed to harsher discipline developed more conduct problems. Also, the study found that in normal siblings, the sibling that is physically beat more will result in more externalizing behavior. So, siblings who got received harsh physical or verbal parenting showed a higher degree of externalizing behavior. This study then concluded that harsh parenting directly affected anti-social behavior in adolescents. Combining many of the consequences of harsh parenting mentioned above such as low ego, poor academic performance, poor romantic relationships, and depression and substance abuse, it only makes sense that anti-social behavior would also prove to be a result.
His morality and values seem to aim more towards the fun aspect of life. He shows little regard towards getting good grades or taking responsibility for anything. He would much rather play video games and have fun with his brothers. However, he has extremely high values about protecting his family. His family seems to be the only thing he truly cares about. If anyone crosses path with them he can go into a rage that no mere mortal should ever be able to