A common and more severe disorder than ODD which shows repetitive and insistent specific behaviors (i.e., frequent lying, theft, destruction of property, burning, fighting, and unkind to animals, etc.) and emotional problems in youths plus often experiencing some challenging behaviors, such as violation of rules, not respecting others’ rights, demonstrating aggressive behaviors, etc. It’s often a diagnosis that is usually given to children and adolescents under the age of 18 (APA, 2013; AACAP, 2018 ; Jones, 2008; Colins et al., 2020).
Published in Chapter:
Overview of Conduct Disorder: Implications for School Rehabilitation Professionals
Michael F. Shaughnessy (Eastern New Mexico University, USA), Mark Williams II (Eastern New Mexico University, USA), Carl Michael Carlson (Eastern New Mexico University, USA), and
Chia Jung Yeh (East Carolina University, USA)
Copyright: © 2021
|Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7630-4.ch018
Abstract
Research studies show that conduct disorder is a disruptive behavior disorder that might cause children to experience some challenges within their personal and social life. Very often children with this disorder might be feeling failure at school and exclusion from their peers and others. It might also affect their home, social, and school environments. These students with this disorder might present management and therapeutic challenges for counselors, psychologists, and mental health professionals. This chapter aims to provide an overview of conduct disorder, which might help school rehabilitation professionals and educators understand what risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis criteria, and treatment options can better understand this disorder, preventions, and interventions. This chapter will cursorily explore these realms with an overview of this disorder and offer some implementations and recommendations for school rehabilitation professionals.