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By: SRN Dumsani Njobo Mamba IMERSE 03 May 2016

ADVENTURES IN MISSION

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By: SRN Dumsani Njobo MambaIMERSE

03 May 2016

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MOTHER/WOMAN/WIFE A PARENT/FRIEND/EDUCATOR

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It involves the mind rather than the body

It can be of different degrees (mild ,moderate and severe)

It is common for children to show more than one problem

Usually it has multiple causative factors

Can be assessed and managed effectively by primary healthcare professionals

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Delays and deviation from normal development

Habit problems in early years(bed-wetting)

Emotional problems ( anxiety and depression)

Behavior problems( extreme disobedience , ADHD ,lying , truancy)

Specific Problems (self-starvation, self-harm , sexual development)

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Mental health difficulties arising from chronic physical illness ( Social disorder)

Severe mental health disorders ( Psychoses)

Stressful or damaging experiences ( child abuse…emotional )

Having more than one of the above conditions

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Reduce the quality of the their lives at any one point.

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Gene code influence

Physical health affect their emotions and behavior

Stressful experience either at home or at school

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Child friendly environment

Observing behavior from parent talk

Enough time and focus on child

Local culture (Language , families ,parenting , beliefs about treatment , beliefs about cause of illness and child upbringing)

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Language used to describe mental health condition

Families, the structure of the family ( multigenerational)

“Normal” parenting behavior ?

Lifestyle, what is regarded as normal lifestyle

Different of ways of showing distress

Beliefs about cause and treatment

Cultural complication

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Listening and talking

Cognitive-Behavoural therapy

Behavior therapy

Improving relationships

Parenting education

Stress reduction

Increasing understanding( Counselling/psychotherapy)

Medication

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Children's development occurs along a number of different pathways ( gross motor, fine motor ,languages ,cognitive ,and social)

They are said to be having intellectual disabilities.

They are dependent to some extent

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It begins in the first 5 years of life

Useful information is attained from the mother despite observation

Mother cooperation and simulation of what child does

Ascertain whether its global developmental delay or specific delay in development

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Language delay ( should be judged against the range of normal development)

Stammering ( lack of fluency in speech due to hesitation , repetition of sounds)

Reading skills

Clumsiness( Dyspraxia and developmental coordination disorder)

Autism spectrum disorder

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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD)

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Social communication and social interaction deficits

◦ Social-emotional reciprocity

◦ Nonverbal communication behaviors used for social interaction

◦ Developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships

Restricted, repetitive behaviors, interests, or activities

◦ Stereotyped or repetitive movements, use of objects, or speech

◦ Insistence on sameness

◦ Hyper- or hypo-reactivity to sensory input

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Male to female ration of 4:1

Environmental◦ Advanced parental age

◦ Fetal exposure to toxins

Genetic ◦ 15 percent of cases associated with genetic

mutations

◦ Multiple genes most likely involved

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Primary feature is a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that interferes with functioning or development

Present before age 12 and manifests in two or more settings

Three subtypes within the disorder

◦ Predominantly Inattentive

◦ Predominantly Hyperactive/Impulsive

◦ Combined

• View the video and identify the signs of ADHD

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgCL79Jv0lc

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5 percent of children/adolescents diagnosed with ADHD

Girls most commonly diagnosed with inattentive subtype

Environmental◦ Low birth weight

◦ History of maltreatment or multiple foster placements, drinking/smoking/toxin exposure (lead) during pregnancy

Genetic◦ Higher in first-degree relatives

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Excessive fear (emotional response to real or perceived imminent threat)

Anxiety (anticipation of future threat)

Behavioral responses (fight, flight, freeze)

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Separation Anxiety Social Anxiety

Range of 2.8 percent to 8 percent

Environmental

◦ Often develops after a life stress, especially loss

◦ Parental overprotection

Genetic

◦ Much greater risk in first-degree relatives

◦ Exact rates unknown

7 percent Temperamental

◦ Fear of negative evaluation

Environmental

◦ Maltreatment

◦ Modeling by parent Genetic

◦ 2-6 times greater chance in first-degree relatives

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Excessive distress when anticipating or experiencing separation from home or from attachment figures

Excessive worry about

◦ Losing attachment figures or possible harm to them

◦ Experiencing an untoward event that causes separation from attachment figures

◦ Being alone or without attachment figures

Reluctance or refusal to go out, away from home, to school

Reluctance or refusal to sleep alone

Nightmares with them of separation

Repeated complaints of physical symptoms

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Fear or anxiety about social situations with peers and adults (conversations, meeting people, performance in front others, being observed)

Fears of being negatively evaluated by others Expressed in children through crying,

tantrums, freezing, clinging, or failing to speak in social situations

Social situations are avoided or endured with intense fear or anxiety

Lasting for six months or more

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Symptoms Interventions

Intrusion symptoms

Avoidance of stimuli associated with trauma

Changes in cognitions and mood

Marked changes in arousal and reactivity

Play therapy

Art therapy

Trauma-informed cognitive behavioral therapy

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Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)

Conduct Disorder (CD)

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Angry/irritable mood◦ Often loses temper◦ Is often touchy or easily annoyed◦ Is often angry and resentful

Argumentative/defiant behavior◦ Argues with adults◦ Defies or refuses to comply with requests or rules◦ Deliberately annoys others ◦ Blames others for mistakes

Vindictiveness/spiteful

At least four symptoms; symptoms present at least 6 months

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Pattern of behavior in which the basic rights of others or societal norms and rules are violated

Behaviors fall into four categories

◦ Aggression to people/animals

◦ Destruction of property

◦ Deceitfulness or theft

◦ Serious violation of rules

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Special upbringing

Explanation to parents

Help but no cure

Reducing difficult behavior

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Resource parents Birth parents Caseworker Pediatrician Psychologist and/or psychiatrist Therapist Educators Speech and language therapist Occupational therapist Physical therapist

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