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Developmental ages? |
Babies/Toddlers (newborn - 2) Preschoolers (3-5) Kindergarten (6-8) Elementary School (9-12) Teenagers (13 - 18) |
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Babies/Toddlers, Development and Divorce |
Need routine for eating, sleeping, play, toys, reduce stress because it affects everything |
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Preschoolers, Development and Divorce |
Misplaced guilt, feel they are to blame Behave too well, over-apologize, permission to stay with both parents, gender identity issues, look for role model of opposite sex, imagination and fears |
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Kindergarteners, Development and Divorce |
Hard for divorce, wants to fit in, not seen as different, have a lot of guild/sadness, withdrawal and pressure on these kids |
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Elementary School, Development and Divorce |
Kids get more angry, rebellion's normal, at this age kids see things as black and white, take sides, act out in peer relationships. |
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Teenagers, Development and Divorce |
Really, really difficult, death of parent/sibling/parent comes before, shattering dreams, sexually active and drug use, withdrawal or depression, parents wrapped up in divorce and don't see symptoms. |
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Who can be a key figure in noticing issues with a child going through divorce? |
Teachers |
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Co-parenting |
Communication is key. Keep children out of the middle |
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Types of Legal Custody |
Sole legal custody Joint Legal Custody Third party Custody CASA custody |
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Sole Legal Custody |
only one parent makes decisions and has physical custody. Other parent can see the child. |
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Joint Legal Custody |
Both parents have to be consulted about decisions involving the child. Ongoing involvement with both parents. |
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Third party Custody |
Relative or sibling makes decisions on behalf of the child. |
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CASA Custody |
Volunteer, abused and neglected children have someone who supports them through group homes. |
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Gruber Standard |
Three-prong standard that takes into account the needs of the custodial parent in relation to the child. |
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What are the three aspects to the Gruber Standard? |
1. Thepotential advantages of the proposed move and the likelihood that it wouldsubstantially improve the quality of life of the custodial parent. Economicswere one consideration, but by no means the only one. 2. Themotives of the parent who wished to relocate as well as those of the parent whoobjected. The custodial parent should not be trying to frustrate the visitationrights of the non-custodial parent and should be willing to consider alternativevisitation arrangements. Furthermore, the non-custodial parent should bemotivated by a desire to continue and deepen the parent–child relationship. 3. Theavailability of visitation arrangements that would foster an ongoingrelationship with the non-custodial parent. |
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Alienated Child |
A child who expresses strong negative feelings and beliefs towards a parent that are disproportionate to the child's experience with that parent. |
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Parental Alienation |
- Close to one parent, expressing strong beliefs about not wanting to be with one parent. - no abuse - near rejection of one parent. - exaggerated complaints against parent that don't make sense - Fusion between non-alienated parent and child |
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How do you fix parental alienation? |
Remediation |
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What is Remediation? |
Bring into therapy Long lengths of time with child to resolve issues. Parent goes to Parent Education |
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Andrea Yates? |
Drowned her 5 children in a bout of postpartum depression, was severely imbalanced from meds and other outside factors. Was very delusional, drowned her kids to "send them to heaven and spare them from her own evil" Claimed that the devil was talking to her about hurting her children Claimed insanity in her 1st trial, this was rejected and she was sentenced to life. In her second trial, she was re-sentenced to spend time in a psychiatric ward. |
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Munchausen Syndrome |
Dramatic but inconsistent medical problems Unclear symptoms Extensive knowledge of medical terminology Predictable relapses New symptoms after testing negative Seeking treatment at many hospitals Comfortable in hospitals Could be from history of neglect/need for attention Doctors have a hard time with it |
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Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy |
a rare form of child abuse in which a parent (almost always the mother) consistently and chronically subjects a child to medical attention without any “true” medical condition or symptoms being present. Symptoms STOP when parent is not around Basically a child abuse diagnosis but very hard to prove |
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Amitriptyline |
Used to treat depression |
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Postpartum Depression |
Depressive episode brought on by childbirth |
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Types of Postpartum Depression |
Baby Blues Postpartum Depression Psychosis |
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Baby Blues |
25% to 75% -- two weeks to a month. "not feeling as happy as I should" is normal and doesn't impair judgement |
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Postpartum |
10% -- mood disorder, doesn't last long based on hormones Uncontrollable crying, feelings of guilt/worthlessness, lack of interest in baby Can turn worse very quickly, hormones are fluctuating. |
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Psychosis |
1% - 2% -- become psychotic and have no control of what they are doing. Hallucinate, delusional, periods of mania, thoughts of harming self/baby, irrational guilt, refusing to eat, insomnia, not telling anyone Did not know the difference between right and wrong Higher risk as they have more children If you have bipolar diagnosed the first time, @ very high risk, stringently followed by psychiatrist. |
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Battered Women's Syndrome |
a cluster of behavioral, cognitive, and emotional features that believed to be frequently found in women who have been battered and psychologically abused over a period of time by their partners. |
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Percentage of battered women with PTSD |
Up to 60% |
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Battered Women's Syndrome -- Traits |
Don't feel safe at home, Traumatic bonding experience with abuser Insecure attachment and passivity |
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Learned Helplessness Theory |
mentalstate in which an organism forced to bear aversive stimuli, or stimulithat are painful or otherwise unpleasant, becomes unable or unwilling to avoidsubsequent encounters with those stimuli, even if they are “escapable,”presumably because it has learned that it cannot control the situation. |
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Victimized Men -- Learned Helplessness |
Feel as if they can make it work if they stat Protective element for children Would win in custody battle Feel as if there is a culprit other than women (drugs, alcohol) Feels as if they are dangerous if they fight back |
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Stockholm Syndrome |
feelings of trust or affection felt in certain cases of kidnapping or hostage-taking by a victim toward a captor. |
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Child Sex Offenders -- Traits |
Previous mental issues Lonely Low self-esteem Stressed Can't Handle adult relationships Insufficient white matter in brain Cognitive Distortion |
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CSA vs Rapists |
-More sexually abused as a hcild -Early exposure to porn -Early onset masturbation -Maybe anxious attachment to parent |
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Recidivism |
Repetition of criminal behavior. |
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Recidivism and CSA |
Child sex offenders have a higher rate of reoffending than rapists. After age 50, recidivism rates go down. |
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Female Sex Offenders |
Heterosexual or homosexual nurturers Usually teachers or mentor figures |
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Rapists and Characteristics |
Cruel to animals Experienced emotional abuse Exposure to parental violence Maybe avoidant parental attachment |
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The Massachusetts Treatment Center Rapist Typology |
Aggression Impulsivity Socialcompetence Sexualfantasies Sadism Naïvecognitions or beliefs |
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Treatment Options -- CSA, Rape, etc |
Evocative Therapy Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Education Groups Medical Castration Medicine Family Therapy |
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Evocative Therapy |
Understanding causes/motivation of behavior, increasing empathy for victims |
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy |
Trying to change someone's thoughts. |
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Medicine |
Anti-androgen and anti-depressants |
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Family Therapy |
Cases of Incest |
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Juvenile Sex Offenders |
under 18, usually sexually abused themselves |
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Online Sex Offenders |
victims usually aware of person's age used to find young girls teens usually very vulnerable w/ difficult past or current situation |
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Campus Sexual Assault |
20 - 25% of campus population are victims rape is very hard to prove in court |
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How many cases of rape are premeditated? |
60%, characteristic of serial rapist |
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Types of rape attacks |
Con Blitz Surprise |
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Con (attack) |
impersonating someone to commit, have an ability to interact with victims |
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Blitz (attack) |
direct injury and physical assault to injure victim |
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Surprise (attack) |
waiting for victim, knowledge of whereabouts of victim, usually no physical injury |
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Increasers |
Get more violent and offend more |
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Post Offense |
some feel remorse or guilt, may take drugs and alcohol, revisit crime scene, same area offending |
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Pedophilia |
Considered psychological disorder in DSM-5, recurrent sexual fantasies about young children (under 13) |
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Types of pedophila |
exclusive type non-exclusive type |
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Exclusive pedophila |
attracted to only children |
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Non-exclusive pedophila |
attracted to children and adults |
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Pedophila becomes a crime when... |
the person acts on their impulses |
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Incest |
when the child being assaulted is a relative. Father-daughter most commonly reported. |
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Most prominent age group for pedophilic offenders |
35-40 years of age. |
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Traits of exclusive type pedophilia |
less socially competent insecure lack interpersonal skills do not take responsibility for their actions |
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Massachusetts Treatment Center Typology (MTC: CM3) Child Molester to the 3rd degree |
0. High fixation, low social competence 1. High fixation, high social competence 2. Low fixation, low social competence 3. low fixation, high social compentence |
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High fixation, low social competence |
socially immature, likes hanging out with younger people, passive, timid, feel the most comfortable with children, rarely married , usually steadily employed, rarely aggressive, fondling, touching, hardest to treat |
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High fixation, high social competence |
not lonely, high self esteem good work history |
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low fixation, low social competence |
likely non-exclusive, normal adolescence, normal peer relationships maybe married later on feel socially inadequate, often offend under influence of alcohol history of poor employment prefer strangers and female victims. |
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low fixation, high social competence |
non-exclusive does very well in the work world social have good family relationships more exploitative with their power |
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Growth Typology |
looks at pattern of offending. 1. immature and fixed 2. regressed |
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Immature and fixed |
really only prefer kids |
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Regressed |
act when they are stressed |
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cognitive distortion (child sexual assault) |
inability to see that actions negatively affect a child, might make up excuses to justify behavior. |