School Problems
Friday's Progress Notes - January 14, 2000
Mental Health Information - Vol. 4 Issue 1
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CONTENTS:
1. Diagnosis and treatment of school related problems
2. Practice parameters for treatment of conduct disorder
3. Fostering responsible behavior
4. School avoidance
5. Bullying behaviors
6. Diagnosis and Treatment of ADHD
7. Safe schools
8. Identifying and addressing school behavior problems
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Colleagues,
School problems manifest themselves in a variety of ways. Bullying and aggressive student behavior, classroom disruption, and school violence are a major concern affecting many
young people we treat. Today's FPN focuses on these issues.
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Regards,
Jack
John L. Miller, MD
1. AMERICAN FAMILY
PHYSICIAN
School Problems and the Family Physician
This article is directed toward family physicians, but emphasizes that a multidisciplinary
approach is often critical to the diagnosis and treatment of school problems. The
materials include an algorithm for the assessment of ADHD and diagnostic criteria for
opposition defiant disorder (ODD) and conduct disorder.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/990515ap/2816.html
2. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
Summary of Practice Parameters for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Conduct Disorder
Topics include diagnostic assessment, diagnostic formulation, and treatment.
http://www.aacap.org/galleries/PracticeParameters/Conduct.pdf
3. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Helping Your Child Learn Responsible Behavior
Our children deserve to learn important lessons from us and to acquire important habits with our help. They need help in learning what matters to us.
http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/disorders/responsiblebehavior.html
4. AMERICAN
ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
Children Who Won't Go To School
Fact sheet on separation anxiety and children who refuse to go to school.
5. CLEARNINGHOUSE ON ELEMENTARY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Bullying in Early Adolescence: The Role of the Peer Group
Studies show that bullying behaviors (teasing, name calling, threatening, physical
aggression and social ridiculing of peers) are very common.
6. ATHEALTH.COM
Diagnosis and Treatment of ADHD: An Interview with Harlan R. Gephart, MD
Harlan Gephart, MD, Past Chair of the American Board of Pediatrics and an ADHD expert, talks about the diagnosis and treatment of attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder.
http://www.athealth.com/Practitioner/HarlanGephartMD.html
7. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH
Learning Disabilities
LD is a disorder that affects people's ability to either interpret what they see and hear or to link information from different parts of the brain. These limitations can show up in many ways--as specific difficulties with spoken and written language, coordination, self-control, or attention.
http://www.athealth.com/consumer/disorders/nih_ld.html
8. UCLA
CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH IN SCHOOLS
Conduct and Behavior Problems
This packet offers information on a range of conduct and behavior problems using fact
sheets and the classification scheme from the American Pediatric Association. (To access
the materials you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. This document may be slow to load.)
http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/conduct/conduct.pdf
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