ABP Content Specs #3: Family and Societal Factors Flashcards
Understanding divorce for 2-5 year (preschooler)?
too young to grasp divorce.
confused and fearful of losing their other parent.
blame themselves for divorce
Many regress developmentally (aggressive, tantrums) especially boys
Understanding divorce in young school-age (5-8 year)?
-can understand divorce and become depressed
-wish for family to reconcile
-feel conflict of loyalties
-can suffer in school and social relationships
Understanding divorce in older school-age (9-12 years)?
-can be sad, depressed, grief-stricken
-more likely to blame and be angry with one or both parents
-can also see other person’s perspective
-can start to parent a struggling parent or sibling
Understanding divorce in adolescents (12-16 year)?
-less dependent on family
-self-esteem drops
-may question own ability to have long-term relationship
-can feel anger toward one or both parents
Understanding DEATH in ages 3-5 years?
-death is seen as reversible (thought to be like sleep)
-doesn’t recognize irreversibility of death
Understanding DEATH in 5- 9 year old?
children begin to understand finality of death but believe it only happens to others
Understanding DEATH after 10 years?
-causes of death can be understood
-death perceived as final, inevitable
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Symptoms of REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER?
Inhibited type:
1. detached
2. unresponsive or resistant to comforting
3. withdrawn
4. avoidant
5. shuns relationships with everyone
Disinhibited type:
1. indiscriminate sociability
2. inappropriate familiar or selective in choice in attachment figures
3. seeks attention from anyone
4. displays inappropriate childish behavior
5. frequently asks for help doing things
6. violates social boundaries
Additional symptoms of REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER?
Relationships:
-may be bossy, untrusting, manipulative, and controlling
-challenges giving or receiving genuine love and affection
-tenuous peer relationships; often blame others for their mistakes or challenges
Behavioral:
-destructive, irresponsible, impulsive, and defiant behaviors
-may steal, lie, abuse others, start fires, behave cruelly to animals, act in self-destructive manner
-engage in drug or alcohol abuse
Moral:
-may lack faith, compassion, remorse for their actions
Emotional:
-may feel sad, moody, fearful, anxious, depressed, and hopeless; display inappropriate emotional reactions
Thoughts:
-may have negative beliefs about themselves, life, and other relationships
-difficulty understanding concept of cause and effect
-challenges with inattention and learning
Late Elementary School Children effects after adoption?
-common problems: hyperactivity, poor school performance, low self-esteem, aggression, defiance, stubbornness, trouble relationships with brothers and sisters, friends and parents, lack of confidence, fearfulness, sadness, depression, and loneliness.
Adolescence effects after adoption?
-trouble with identity
-aggression, sexual activities, pregnancy, delinquency and substance abuse, social isolation and depression
Immigrant Paradox?
-immigrants may arrive to U.S. healthier than their native-born peers
-resilience built from family structure, cultural background so important to give culturally-competent care
Authoritative Parenting style?
V=very good, victory
-parents are nurturing, responsive, and supportive BUT also set firm limits for their kids
-attempt to control children’s behavior by explaining rules, discussing, and reasoning
-listen to a child’s viewpoint but don’t always accept it
The kids are usually friendly, energetic, cheerful, self-reliant, self-controlled, curious, and achievement-oriented
-Associated positively with academic performance
Permissive parenting style?
-parents are warm but lax
-fail to set firm limits to monitor children’s activities closely or to require appropriately mature behavior of their children
-children tend to be impulsive, rebellious, aimless, domineering, aggressive, and low in self-reliance, self-control and achievement
Restrictive or Authoritarian parenting (bad)
-parenting is demanding but not responsive
-restrictive, punishment-heavy parenting style in which parents make their children follow their directions with little or no explanation or feedback and focus on the child’s and family’s perception and status
