Child Psychology
Due to a lack of balance in body and mind of the parents, children with psychological mental problems are born.
Children With Autism
Autism symptoms
- He prefers to be alone.
- He avoids or rejects physical contact.
- He avoids eye contact.
- He doesn’t understand emotions — his own or others’.
- Delayed speech and language skills
- Echolalia (repeating the same phrase over and over)
- Not recognizing sarcasm or joking
- Repetitive behaviors like hand-flapping, rocking, jumping, or twirling
- Fixations on certain activities or objects
- Specific routines or rituals (and getting upset when a routine is changed, even slightly)
- Extreme sensitivity to touch, light, and Sound
- Fussy eating habits
- Impulsiveness (acting without thinking)
- Aggressive behavior, both with self and Others
- Short attention span
Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
ADHD Symptoms
- difficulty paying close attention to details.
- has trouble organizing tasks and activities.
- has a shorter attention span and is easily distracted.
- difficulty with structured schoolwork.
- unable to sit still.
- fidgets, squirms in seat.
- takes risks with little thought for the dangers.
- has trouble waiting their turn.
- interrupts or intrudes on conversations.
- Struggle to follow instructions.
- Be constantly in motion.
- Be impatient.
School Refusal
Causes of School Refusal
- Separation anxiety, Social Anxiety, Avoids social situations
- Depression, Acute Stress disorder,
- Bullying
- Academic issues or difficult relationships with teachers,
- Avoids school complaining of headaches, stomach pain, feels sick, dizziness, joint pain, vomiting, chest pain, respiratory problems
- Skips meals or binge eating or may not eat lunch at school
- Nightmares and trouble sleeping
- Decline in self-esteem or feels helpless
- New onset of self-destructive behaviors, hurts self, suicide threats
- Sexual harassment,
- Excessive need to stay in touch with the parent or caregiver while away, Homesickness
- learning difficulties
- starting or changing schools or moving home
- Avoid scary things – for example, difficult schoolwork, teachers, the canteen and so on
- Conflict with friends
Exam Stress
Reason of Exam Stress
Worried
- hard to understand what studied, High expectations of result
- Anxiety , Lack of concentration, Inability to sleep, Migraines or headaches
- Panic attacks, External Pressure, Internal Pressure, Competition
- Lack of Preparation, Less Coping Techniques, Procrastination regrets
- Too many shifts at work, Not Prioritizing course material
- Lacking a proper workspace, Not enough sleep, Unhealthy eating
- don’t take enough breaks, Symptoms of Exam Stress:
- Feeling confused, Losing touch with friends, Feeling moody and low
- Having trouble making decisions, Feeling overwhelmed
- Lack of motivation to do anything, Trouble sleeping or getting out of bed
- Tense muscles or headaches, Having an upset stomach or feeling sick
- Fidgeting, nail biting, teeth grinding, feeling of despair, anxiety or worry
- inability to concentrate, inability to relax
Intellectual Disorder
Symptoms of Intellectual Disability will vary based on your child’s level of disability and may include:
- Failure to meet intellectual milestones, Sitting, crawling, or walking later than other children, Problems learning to talk or trouble speaking clearly.
- Inability to understand the consequences of actions, inability to think logically.
- Childish behavior inconsistent with the child’s age, lack of curiosity.
- learning difficulties, IQ below 70, Memory problems.
- Inability to lead a fully independent life due to challenges communicating, taking care of themselves, or interacting with others, Difficulty paying attention
- May experience some of the following behavioral issues:
- Aggression, dependency, withdrawal from social activities.
- Attention-seeking behavior, depression during adolescent and teen years.
- Lack of impulse control, Passivity, Tendency toward self-injury.
- Stubbornness, low self-esteem, low tolerance for Frustration.
Specific Learning Disorder
Common signs that a person may have learning disabilities include the following:
- Problems reading and/or writing, Problems with math, Poor memory.
- Problems of paying attention, Trouble in following directions, Clumsiness.
- Problems staying organized, Difficulty staying focused; being easily distracted.
- Problems dealing with changes in schedule or situations, poor memory.
- Problems understanding words or concepts, short attention span.
- Inability to discriminate between/among letters, numerals, or sounds.
- Poor reading and/or writing ability, Eye-hand coordination problems.
- Poorly coordinated, difficulties with sequencing.
- Disorganization, Performs differently from day to day, Trouble in telling time.
- Responds inappropriately in many instances, difficult to discipline.
- Restless, impulsive, difficulty listening and Remembering,
Play Therapy
Benefits of Play Therapy:
- The ability to process emotions that they may not be able to express in other ways.
- A decrease in undesirable behaviors and an increased capacity regulate their own behavior.
- Development of independence and creative thinking.
- Improvement of social skills and ability to respect others.
- Stronger relationships with family members.
- Become more responsible for behaviors and develop more successful strategies.
- Develop new and creative solutions to problems.
- Develop respect and acceptance of self and others.
- Learn to experience and express emotion.
- Cultivate empathy and respect for thoughts and feelings of others.
- Learn new social skills and relational skills with family.
- Develop self-efficacy.
Art Therapy
Art washes from the soul, the dust of everyday life.” ~ Pablo Picasso
Benefits of art therapy:
- Promoting self-expression, feelings, and emotions,
- Promoting a sense of personal independence,
- Self-reliance, and self-sufficiency.
- Facilitating hand-eye coordination, fine and gross motor skills, and finger dexterity.
- Facilitate insight, empathy and acceptance.
- Develop interpersonal skills, increase their attention-span.
- Alleviate Symptoms of Depression, Reduce Stress,
- Address Past Traumas , Reduce pain and irritability.
- Self-discovery , Problem-solving skills.
- Self-management, healthy coping strategies.
- 11. Emotional release, Relax your mind and body
Portage Training
Portage Management focuses on skills in these five areas:
- Physical skills (reaching, crawling, rolling, walking, drawing, building, fine and gross motor skills, writing)
- Cognitive skills (thinking, learning, solving problems, sorting, critical thinking)
- Expressing emotions, interacting
- Communication skills (talking, listening, speaking, articulation, understanding others)
- Self-help or adaptive skills (eating, toileting, dressing)
- Social or emotional skills (playing, feeling secure and happy, with others)
- Diagnosed conditions , Autism Spectrum Disorder
- ADHD, Intellectual Disability,
- Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome.
- It will help on his or her strengths to learn new skills,
- improve behaviors, and remediate areas of weakness.
Cognitive Training
Benefits of Cognitive Training
- Improves mental health, . Mental well-being
- Mental improvement, Improves working memory
- Targets specific area of brain that will help in everyday routines.
- Makes to perfect in specific area, Better attention span
- Slows cognitive decline, Long lasting benefits
- Improves information retention, Improve eating habits
- Cognitive speed and decision making, Relax your mind
- Strengthening balance, speed, agility, Improves reasoning
- Solve attention issues, Helping to improve reaction times
- Helping to improve reaction times Improves
- Improves the ability self-management, You get smarter!
- Improves the ability of understanding language.
- improves both short term and long term memory.
- Improves in communication skills, Enhances physical health.
- Decreases depression and anxiety.
Behavior Modification
- Behavior modification is a psycho therapeutic intervention primarily used to eliminate or reduce or replace undesirable behavior with more desirable behaviors in children or adults.
- Behavior modification has been successfully used to treat
- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),
- Phobias, —
- Enuresis (bed-wetting), —
- Generalized anxiety disorder, —
- Separation anxiety
- Disruptive behavior and Autism, —
- Self-mutilation —
- Eating disorders
- Anger management issues.
- Aggressive, passive aggressive behaviours. —
- Assertive behaviours,
- Passive behaviours, —
- To strengthen new desired behaviours . —
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).