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| Childhood Psychiatric Disorders: Assessment & Treatment from a Behavioral Perspective |
| Friday, May 27, 2005 |
| 10:00 AM–5:00 PM |
| Boulevard A (2nd floor) |
| Area: DDA; Domain: Basic Research |
| CE Instructor: Jeannie A. Golden, Ph.D. |
| JEANNIE A. GOLDEN (East Carolina University) |
| Description: Many children with developmental disabilities and children in the child welfare system develop several of the symptoms of various childhood psychiatric disorders, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, bipolar disorder and reactive attachment disorder, due to early abuse/neglect, multiple placements and multiple caregivers. Differential diagnosis becomes a critical issue in providing appropriate treatment and services for these children and their families. However, these children are often diagnosed based on behavior exhibited during office visits and personality assessment instruments with questionable reliability and validity. Additionally, the treatment focus follows the medical model with the assumption that behavioral symptoms are the result of underlying psychopathology. Behavior analysts are in a unique position to provide more comprehensive diagnosis that includes observations of behavior in a variety of settings to determine the effect of various stimulus conditions and setting events, functional assessments to determine the causes and maintainers of various behavioral symptoms, and careful analysis of learning histories to determine the efficacy of various reinforcers and punishers. Behavior analysts are also able to provide assessment-driven treatment approaches, to design therapeutic environments that support the learning of appropriate replacement behaviors and to facilitate typical development rather than psychopathology. |
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the workshop, the participant will be able to: - Explain the differences between the medical and behavioral approaches to the etiology, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of psychopathology in children. - Name some of the symptoms used in the differential diagnoses of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder & reactive attachment disorder. - Describe the unique learning histories of children with psychiatric disorders and how feelings serve as establishing operations in these children. - Tell why children with this learning history often are diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional-defiant disorder, and conduct disorder in different developmental stages of their lives. - Name some of the antecedents, behaviors and consequences that are unique in children with psychiatric diagnoses. - Describe how to provide assessment-driven treatment and target specific behaviors that are unique in children with psychiatric diagnoses. - Explain why structuring and nurturing are necessary components of effective treatments and give examples of how to provide these components. |
| Activities: Participants will listen to didactic information and real-life case histories, take notes, ask questions, view a power point presentation, present their own cases for feedback, and participate in role-play situations. |
| Audience: Participants would include board certified behavior analysts, psychologists, counselors, social workers and/or teachers who serve children with developmental disabilities or children who typically-developing who have been given psychiatric diagnoses. |
| Content Area: Practice |
| Instruction Level: Intermediate |