Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Essays

According to Lisa's parents, these are a few of the names Lisa was frequently called. Lisa's parents reported that when Lisa was a child, other children at school frequently tormented her.

Dually Diagnosed African-American and Latino adolescents

There are many pertinent questions in the minds of researchers looking into the causes of Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). These questions will be addressed in this paper as forthrightly as possible.

Theories of child development and guidelines for parents are not cast in stone.

The objective of this work is to conduct a review of literature relating to the overrepresentation of minority students with emotional and behavioral disorders.

My grandmother, who is over 70 years old, claims she can always tell which child was raised in daycare and which was raised by hand (at home by a parent or grandparent). For one thing, she says, children raised in…

This dissertation proposal is for a clinical application of mindfulness-based martial arts that is intended to improve the academic performance of children diagnosed with ADHD by strengthening attention and behavioral control. The study proposes a 4-1/2 week intervention coupled with a 4-1/2 week post intervention observation period, where pre and post student report card grades and teacher ratings on the Brown ADD Scales will be collected to compare the differential impact between two martial arts interventions, differing only on the presence or absence of mindfulness training.

Studies Supporting African-American Male Criminal Activity

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is one of the most serious of a range of disorders, which are called fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). All of these disorders are caused by maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy.

Behavioral disorders among children are becoming increasingly prevalent among students in primary and elementary schools. These disorders are often, and usually, accompanied by disruptive behaviors, which affect not…