Not Just Bad Kids

The Adversity and Disruptive Behavior Link

Akeem Nassor Marsh, Lara Jo Cox

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN:
  9780128189542
• eBook ISBN:
  9780128189511
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Clinical Psychology
• Index: Psychology

Not Just Bad Kids: The Adversity and Disruptive Behavior Link explores the theory that all behavior makes sense in context. If you understand a person's frame of reference – their background, history and experience – you can imagine what might be driving their behavior. The book describes the social, cultural and environmental factors that shape the lives of many youths, including early childhood attachment which sets the foundation for how they interact with authority figures. The book also delves into an explanation of conduct disorder which is characterized by persistent, repetitive behaviors that violate the basic rights of other human beings and break rules. Studies have shown that conduct disorder affects 1-4% of adolescents in the United States and oppositional defiant disorder is estimated to develop in approximately 10.2% of children. The presence of DBD is also known to be more prevalent in boys than it is in girls. As there is a growing need to understand why children and adolescent exhibit signs of hostility, defiance and isolation, this book is an ideal resource for this timely topic. - Encompasses both ODD and conduct disorder - Introduces readers to the social, cultural and environmental factors that play a crucial part in disruptive behavior - Demonstrates the interrelationship of attachment problems, chronic trauma and disruptive behavior - Discusses current best practices for intervention and treatment in youth with disruptive behaviors - Provides casework examples of patients with disruptive behavior disorder

Table of contents

• Title of Book
• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contributors
• Biographies
• Chapter 1 Setting the stage—putting kids in context
• Chapter 2 Attachment: theory, application, & clinical tools
• Chapter 3 Defining trauma, adversity, & toxic stress
• Chapter 4 Trauma, adversity, the brain, & the body
• Chapter 5 The impact on interactions
• Chapter 6 Trauma & externalizing behaviors
• Chapter 7 The overlap between trauma & disruptive behavior disorders
• Chapter 8 The words we use
• Chapter 9 Young kids: The impact of early adverse relational experiences
• Chapter 10 Kids at home
• Chapter 11 Kids in school
• Chapter 12 Kids & their crews
• Chapter 13 Kids in foster care
• Chapter 14 Kids in detention
• Chapter 15 Kids and drugs
• Chapter 16 Kids grown up
• Chapter 17 Standard management—Part I: Embracing youth & families through Treatment Foster Care Oregon
• Chapter 18 Standard management–Part II: Multidimensional interventions for youth with trauma & disruptive behaviors
• Chapter 19 Check your own baggage
• Chapter 20 Let's talk about race
• Chapter 21 Be a person
• Glossary
• Index