Emotional, Behavioral, and Physical Disabilities

EMOTIONAL , BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL DIS IN CHILDREN

Causes and Characteristics of Dis

In the field of psychology and clinical therapy , the mental , emotional and behavioral diss suffered by children presents a significantly more challenging realm for therapists and psychologists as children especially very young children , are unable to offer insight into the cause of the problems that affect them and cause them pain and stress There are a significant number of children with that suffer from mental emotional , and behavioral diss and /or physical disability requiring constant attention and medical treatment

p Following is the Table mentioning major causes and characteristics associated with emotional , behavioral and mental dis of children (Learning Disabilities , 2007 Traumatic Brain Injury , 2008 Dis Definition Cause Characteristics

Mental dis Problems in mental stability and composure of children affecting their overall development and growth Environmental and genetic factors , injury , chemical imbalance in body Inability to learn . Anxiety dis . Bipolar dis , depression and attention deficit hyperactivity dis

Emotional Dis Disturbance in emotional makeup of child that severely affects their ability to perform and mix with other children and even their family members Traumatic experience such as divorce between parents , incidents of abuse and neglect Inability to focus on studies or games , learning difficulties , depression , fear ,sad and crying behavior , demonstration of lack of motivation

Behavioral dis A behavioral complication where child refuses to obey the parents and teachers Neglect and mistreatment of child , failure to understand children problem Violent behavior , anger without reason abnormal mood swings , high frustration levels and depression

Physical and health impairment Physical and /or health complications among children due to prolonged illness , disease , or injury Accidental injury , genetic and birth dis . Mental alertness and sharpness as other children but physical dependency on others , requiring constant care and monitoring

Traumatic Brain Injury Dis caused in children due to injury or concussion to brain . Brain injury can be closed head injury with no damage to skull , open head injury with penetration to skull and secondary injury Concussion , accidental injury , local damage to skull penetration to skull , chemical imbalance , tumor , infection and disease Lack of coordination in activities and behavior , partial or loss , comatose state , and high level cognitive impairment Care and treatment for children with disability

Children with emotional , mental , behavioral and physical diss commonly demonstrate problems with learning and therefore educating such children present a challenging task before parents and teachers . In Psychological and educational fields the problem related with learning problems is commonly referred as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Dis (ADHD ) -a neuropsychological dis where the child is unable to pay attention , sit at a place , and concentrate on any given activity (Macmasater , Donavan and Macintyre , 2002 . The problem becomes more acute when children themselves come to understand that they suffer from learning disability and are at disadvantage against their otherwise `normal ' friends . This realization often greatly disheartens and demotivates them , presenting a barrier to their normal integration in the world (Swanson . 2000

The most important responsibility for integrating children with emotional , physical , mental or physical...