PSYC 3220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Protective Factor
29 Apr 2016
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Many child and adolescent problems: involve a failure to show expected developmental progress. Familiarity with normal/abnormal development required: are not entirely abnormal. Degree, pervasiveness, interference, distress: interventions are often intended to promote further development. Explicit emphasis on keeping it going well. Empower parents and children to do well. Childhood disorders are accompanied by layers of abnormal behaviour or develop- ment: visible, alarming (delinquency, physical aggression, more subtle (teasing, peer rejection, hidden (parental rejection, depression) Strengths historically overlooked: confidence, high self esteem - protective factors, because they undermine risk fac- tors, health adaptation through coping/ways of compensating for difficulties, strengths-based intervention. Sensitivity to each child"s stage of development: 3 year old very different from 7 year old. Disorders are commonly viewed as deviances from normal: boundaries btwn normal and abnormal functioning can be arbitrary. Patterns of behavioural, cognitive, emotional or physical symptoms linked with one or more of: distress, impairment interferes with or limits activities in one or more areas:
