Childhood Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
Emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD) is a term which encapsulates a wide range of problems experienced by many children and young people both nationally and internationally( Scanlon and Homes 2013). The description focuses on children and young people suffering from emotional or behavioural difficulties which impede or distort personal development and affect relationships, causing distress to the child/ young person, their family or community (Cummins and Mc Master 2006). Characteristics associated with EBD generally include
• Aggressive or anti-social behaviour,
• Inattentiveness, distractibility and impulsiveness
• Impaired social interactions.
• Inability to cope with the routine of daily tasks.
• Obsessive and repetitive behaviours.
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• Depressed behaviours such as withdrawal, anxiety or mood swings. (Special Education Support Service SESS 2009).
All children will display some degree of emotional/ behavioural disturbance at various stages in their development, and these relatively transient perturbations are an ordinary part of growing up. Children who have more extreme or pervasive emotional / behavioural issues may require additional assessment. Support may be needed from universal services such as health visitors, GPs, psychologists or other specialist mental health professionals (Earl 2013).
Children with EBD generally manifest such behaviours over long periods of time and in extreme cases they may be given a formal mental health diagnosis .The term psychiatric disorder is applied when these difficulties meet the diagnostic requirements for DSMIV criteria or the ICD10 criteria for the following conditions.
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder with and without Hyperactivity ADHD and ADD.
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD).
• Conduct Disorder( CD)
(CAMHS
Emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD) is a term which encapsulates a wide range of problems experienced by many children and young people both nationally and internationally( Scanlon and Homes 2013). The description focuses on children and young people suffering from emotional or behavioural difficulties which impede or distort personal development and affect relationships, causing distress to the child/ young person, their family or community (Cummins and Mc Master 2006). Characteristics associated with EBD generally include
• Aggressive or anti-social behaviour,
• Inattentiveness, distractibility and impulsiveness
• Impaired social interactions.
• Inability to cope with the routine of daily tasks.
• Obsessive and repetitive behaviours.
• …show more content…
• Depressed behaviours such as withdrawal, anxiety or mood swings. (Special Education Support Service SESS 2009).
All children will display some degree of emotional/ behavioural disturbance at various stages in their development, and these relatively transient perturbations are an ordinary part of growing up. Children who have more extreme or pervasive emotional / behavioural issues may require additional assessment. Support may be needed from universal services such as health visitors, GPs, psychologists or other specialist mental health professionals (Earl 2013).
Children with EBD generally manifest such behaviours over long periods of time and in extreme cases they may be given a formal mental health diagnosis .The term psychiatric disorder is applied when these difficulties meet the diagnostic requirements for DSMIV criteria or the ICD10 criteria for the following conditions.
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder with and without Hyperactivity ADHD and ADD.
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD).
• Conduct Disorder( CD)
(CAMHS