The Parental Questionnaire And The Behavior Assessment System For Children

TED Talk stated that the greatest risk factors for children who are identified as having conduct problems are that they will end up in prison. 1 in 5 children that are diagnosed with conduct disorder from ages 5 to 6 years of age will cost over $1 million dollars. The book stated that they are often aggressive and psychological cruel to people. They will destroy people’s property, steal, skip school, and many more bad things if you treat it later it will be more difficult. Schools does use some of the strategies and resources that are recommended by The Virtues Project, because it helps to understand the how they should talk to children. I think that families and teachers do not integrate some strategies because sometimes it does not work,

Cole’s mother and English teacher completed BASC II scales. The BASC II measures a student’s emotional, behavioral, and adaptive functioning. The score that is used for the scale is the T-score. The T-score indicates the distance of a score from the norm group mean. The BASC II has a mean T-score of 50 with a standard deviation of 10. Scores ranging 60 to 69 are considered to be in the At-Risk range. The T-scores that are 70+ are in the Clinically Significant range. On the Adaptive Scale portion of the BASC II, the T-Scores that are from 30 to 39 are in the At-Risk range. The T-scores that are below 29 are in the Clinically Significant range.

According to the child behavior checklist, behavior health problems were observed at two and a half time the rate of the non-welfare community (Pecora et al.). Some of the environmental risk factors to consider is the maternal access to prenatal care, homelessness, and limited educational opportunities. Changes in the parental marital status, criminal charges, a family with history of mental illness, and drug and alcohol abuse can all be considered risk factors (Garwood, Close

Roughly 20% of the United States’ children are living in families suffering from poverty (National Center for Education Statistics, 2015). According to Yeung, Linver and Brooks-Gunn (2002); Pungello et al., (2010); and Evans (2004), economic hardships increase the likelihood of “maladaptive” behaviors while decreasing school performance and poor cognitive-behavioral development. (1861-1879; 410-426; 77-92). To prevent this, lawmakers were spurred into creating public policy to actively reduce the rate of childhood poverty along with associated risk factors as well as foster economic independency in families apart from the welfare system.

In popular media its common to see children being influenced by many things around them, including what kind of environment they are grown up in. Socioeconomic status can be a huge influence on a child’s upbringing, in either a positive or negative way. A high socioeconomic status produces a better child according to most people because they have factors that include; social connections, good employment, and a happy family. These are the types of factors that will definitely reduce a child from engaging in violent behaviour as he/she gets older. A low socioeconomic status affects the child in a negative way and the likelihood of committing a violent crime is increased, due to factors such as child abuse, anger, weak social ties. Why? It is these two variables that will be discussed in the report how one affects another so social researchers can explain why this occurs in communities.

Children living in poverty encounter behavioral and emotional problems that can become persistent throughout their lives. Their problems can be associated with interacting in school among their peers, showing aggressive behaviors, having attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and conduct disorder. They tend to express themselves emotionally with showing signs of depression. Children tend to show signs of distance from society and keeping to themselves. Depression in children can cause higher risk for behavioral problems to be intense amongst their peers at school. Children of low-income mothers appear to show to a greater risk for externalizing behaviors than those children that do not have depressed mothers (Henninger & Luze, 2012).

With over three hundred million Americans and over six billion people worldwide parenting skills are essential to maintain a healthy society. Parenting involves many aspects and requires many skills. It is a time to nurture, instruct, and correct to develop fundamental skills children will need to be mature, responsible, and contributing adults to a society. There are four commonly identified parenting styles; authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, and uninvolved parenting. Of the four parenting styles, two remain on opposite ends of the parenting spectrum. These two styles; authoritarian, and permissive both have deleterious results that are often visible throughout different developmental stages, such as rebellious behavior. As well

Mcgilloway and colleagues (2014) emphasizes that in some cases where parent (s) abuses drugs/alcohol, negligence towards the child, violent behavior in front of the child, or abusive to the child. For that reason, the child is more likely to become susceptible to mental health concerns such as conduct disorder. Furthermore, the authors noted that the Incredible Years Basic parenting (IYBP) intervention has been developed to focus on behavior and cognitive ethics which has improved the relationship between parent and child. The goal of the IYBP model is to teach appropriate behaviorism when verbally and non-verbally interacting with the child. This intervention is effective in reducing onset CD is children/adolescents. In fact, there is empirical

To gather information for this research I will use, self-report data, surveys, questionnaires and psychological tests. Given the age of participants, TOEFL Junior Tests for comprehension will be administered. Results from these tests will be used to insure information given is relatable and presented accordingly. Surveys and self-reports will be designed to gather information on perceived parenting styles, behavioral issues, and criminal issues. Psychological tests will include: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), Behavior Assessment System for

Signs of physical aggression are shown and they have difficulty making friends during their childhood. Boys will most likely start fights, steal and vandalize anyone’s property, however girls, will most likely lie, run away from home or use drugs (Mauro, 2010). All children with conduct disorder understand what they are doing and know that they are doing wrong. They have very little empathy or concern toward others, no feelings of guilt, and low tolerance (Mauro, 2010). The problems can begin in either the homes or at the schools of those children. Possible etiology of conduct disorder can include problems within the child’s parents’ marriage or family problems such as the child being in isolation from all family members (Mash & Wolfe, 2010). Another possible cause is violence in the home that occurs in front of the child. A child that has very little or no attachment to his/her parents and lack parental supervision can also cause an increase in conduct

All parenting styles associate with the area of a child’s social skills, educational capability, psychosocial growth, and also the negative actions of a child. Parenting is extremely important in a child’s life in order to have a happy and successful life without dealing with unnecessary negative issues that can arise. This portion of the proposal describes literature relevant to the proposed study of this topic. It is organized into four sections: (1) the two aspects on how the parenting styles were based, (2) the four main types of parenting styles, (3) the effects that can result from the parenting styles, and (4) evaluation for results of previous research. The detail of effects on a child’s behavior will be further discussed in the methods section of the proposed study.

Poverty is a major issue in America, and those affected appear to be predominantly children. Jarjoura, Triplett, and Brinker (2002) noted that 21% of the children in America are born into families that are living in poverty, which is higher than in many other countries. Some important characteristics of impoverished neighborhoods are high levels of delinquent and criminal behaviors, lack of parental supervision, low levels of

Conduct Disorders (CD) very greatly in their severity and development. CDs are best explained as multifaceted in origin and transactional over time. Some children develop signs seemingly from birth, while others have CDs that develop later on or out of Oppositional Defiant Disorders. The etiology of CDs continues to evolve as more research has resulted in additional understandings. The known causes of the disorder include: Genetic Influences, Prenatal Factors and Birth Complications, Neurobiological Factors, Social–Cognitive Factors, Family Factors, Societal Factors, and Cultural Factors. (Mash, 2015)

Certain parental practices can hinder a child’s academic and behavioral growth. Parents residing in poverty are less likely to participate in in academically supportive *events with their children. From my personal experience, children of lower class parents are not given many choices and are often not offered many chances to be creative or think critically, due to their parents asserting more direct authority over them. I believe this aspect draws a direct line to and serves as the reason for child’s academic dysfunctions or behavior incapacities. There are programs such as education centers and summer programs, but these are utilized by middle class youth and do little for lower class youth.

Researchers have highlighted that conduct disorder may stem from multifaceted family traits, substance misuse, and callous unemotional characteristics that go undetected in minority’s poor communities. Dr. Lauren Mizock and Debra Harkins reported in a 2011 study that the prevalence of minorities being diagnose with conduct disorder might be a form of discrimination. Moreover Mizock and Harkins (2011) stated that youth raised in neighborhoods that are predominately stricken by poverty are more likely to be diagnosed with disruptive and mood disorder oppose to white youth from a financially stable environment (p.3) “Research findings suggest Conduct Disorder diagnoses are often accompanied by depression, separation anxiety, and adjustment