Chapter 17: Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology based on Andrew Pomerantz's book.

2. Common disorders among children:
• ADHD
• Conduct Disorder
• Oppositional defiant Disorder
• Separation Anxiety Disorder

3. Common disorders among adults:
(but children and adolescents can be diagnosed as well)
• Major Depression
• PTSD
• Anorexia
• Bulimia
• Substance use
• Adjustment Disorders
• Phobias
• GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder)

4. Two classes (children’s psychological problems):
 Externalizing Disorders
 Internalizing Disorders

5. Two classes: (children’s psychological problems)
 Externalizing Disorders – are those in
which the child “acts out” and often becomes
a disruption to parents, teachers, or other
children.
Ex: ADHD, Conduct Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder

6. Two classes: (children’s psychological problems)
 Internalizing Disorders – often less
noticeable because they involve maladaptive
thoughts and feelings more than disruptive
outward behavior.
Example: Mood Disorders, Anxiety Disorders

7. Factors: (Vulnerability)
• Environmental Factors
• Parental Factors
• Child Factors

8. Factors: (Resilience)
• External Supports (I have)
• Inner Strengths (I am)
• Interpersonal and problem-solving skills (I can)

9. I have (external supports)
• People in my family I can trust and who love me
• People outside my family I can trust
• Limits to my behavior
• People who encourage me to be independent
• Good role models
• Access to health, education and other services I need
• A stable family and community

10. I Am (inner strengths)
• A person most people like
• Generally a good boy/girl
• An achiever who plans for the future
• A person who respects myself and others
• Caring toward others
• Responsible for my own behavior
• A confident, optimistic, hopeful person

11. I Can (interpersonal and problem-solving skills)
• Generate new ideas or new ways to do things
• Work hard at something until it is finished
• See the humor in life
• Express my thoughts and feelings
• Solve problems
• Manage my behavior
• Ask for help when I need it

13. • VIETNAMESE FAMILIES:
- children are regarded as property by their
parents.
- children are expected to follow their parent’s
advice in all aspects of life (marriage, career
selection).

14. • JEWISH FAMILIES:
- parents are permissive, overprotective, and
concerned about their children's happiness.
(at times at the expense of their own).
- raises children through reasoning and
explanation.

15. • HAITIAN FAMILIES:
- raise children with an understanding
that they must be obedient.
- sometimes administer physical
discipline .

16. • ASIAN INDIAN FAMILIES:
- everyone, including older siblings and
extended family, pampers children.

17. • IRANIAN FAMILIES:
- no specific pattern to punishment. (depends on
father’s mood).
- a child may be punished for a trivial act or
misbehavior.
- a more serious act may be laughed off or
overlooked.

18. • ARAB FAMILIES:
- style of communication is hierarchical,
creating vertical as opposed to horizontal
communication between those in authority
and those subservient to that authority.

20. • The presenting problem
• Development
• Parents/Family
• Environment

21.  Multi-source, multimethod, multi
setting approach – pluralistic
approach to assessing children.

23. • Clinical interviews
• Behavioral Observation
• Behavior rating scales
• Self report scales
• Projective/expressive techniques
• Intellectual tests

24.  Clinical Interviews – a conversation
between psychologist and client
that is intended to help the
psychologist diagnose and treat the
patient.

25.  Behavioral Observations – a widely
used method of behavioral assessment
which involves watching and recording
the behavior of a person in typical
environments (e.g., classrooms).

26.  Behavior rating scale – are
standardized pencil-and-paper forms
that parents, teachers, or other adults
complete regarding a child’s presenting
problems.

27.  Self-report Scales – a type of psychological
test in which a person fills out a survey or
questionnaire with or without the help of an
investigator. Self-report inventories often ask
direct questions about personal interests,
values, symptoms, behaviors, and traits or
personality types.

28.  Projective/Expressive Techniques – is a
type of projective test which involves
asking subjects to interpret or fill in
visual stimuli, complete sentences, or
report what associations particular
words bring to mind.

29.  Intellectual Tests – are psychological
tests that are designed to measure a
variety of mental functions, such as
reasoning, comprehension, and
judgment.

31. • Cognitive-BehavioralTherapies for children
• Self-InstructionalTraining
• ParentTraining
• PlayTherapy:
- PlayTherapy – Psychodynamic
- PlayTherapy – Humanistic

32. • The efficacy of psychotherapy for
children and adolescents is quiet
strong.
(based on a significant body of empirical
research)