Assignment

  
Week 4 6446 
Therapeutic Approaches for Disruptive Behaviors
Have you considered counseling a child who is unable to sit still or listen to what you are saying during a counseling session? What about a highly aggressive child or adolescent? How might you develop a therapeutic relationship with children and adolescents with disruptive behaviors?
This week, you examine the effectiveness of counseling sessions with children and adolescents with a variety of disruptive behaviors. You also examine your own reactions to children and adolescents with disruptive behaviors and the potential influence of your reactions in the counseling process. Finally, you explore the development of therapeutic relationships as well as the missteps that might occur in the counseling process.
Learning Objectives
Students will:
· Analyze the influence of personal reactions on the therapeutic relationships
· Analyze transformations of negative reactions
· Evaluate counseling sessions
· Evaluate therapeutic approaches
· Analyze critical skills for therapeutic relationships in counseling sessions
Therapeutic Approaches for Disruptive Behaviors
Readings
• Boyatzis, C. J., & Junn, E. N. (2016). Annual editions: Child
growth and development (22nd ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.
o Louis, C.S. “Certain Television Fare Can Help Ease
Aggression in Young Children, Study Finds” (p. 83)
• Klein, B., Damiani-Taraba, G., Koster, A., Campbell, J., &
Scholz, C. (2015). Diagnosing attention-deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) in children involved with child protection
services: are current diagnostic guidelines acceptable for
vulnerable populations?. Child: care, health and
development, 41(2), 178-185.
• Powers, C. J., & Bierman, K. L. (2013). The multifaceted impact
of peer relations on aggressive-disruptive behavior in early
elementary school. Developmental Psychology, 49(6), 1174–1186
Document: DSM-5 Bridge Document: Disruptive Behaviors
(PDF)
• Boyatzis, C. J., & Junn, E. N. (2016). Annual editions: Child
growth and development (22nd ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.
o Lahey, J. “Why Parents Need to Let Their Children Fail”
(p. 112)
o Smith, B. L., “The Case Against Spanking: Physical
Discipline Is Slowly Declining as Some Studies Reveal
Lasting Harms for Children” (p. 105)
• Cochran, J. L., Cochran, N. H., Nordling, W. J., McAdam, A., &
Miller, D. T. (2010). Two case studies of child-centered play
therapy for children referred with highly disruptive behavior.
International Journal of Play Therapy, 19(3), 130–143.
• Eyberg, S. M., Nelson, M. M., & Boggs, S. R. (2008).
Evidence- based psychosocial treatments for children and
adolescents with disruptive behavior. Journal of Clinical Child
and Adolescent Psychology, 37(1), 215–237.
• Pardini, D. A., Frick, P. J., & Moffitt, T. E. (2010). Building an
evidence base for DSM-5 conceptualizations of oppositional
defiant disorder and conduct disorder: Introduction to the special section. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 119(4), 683–688.
Media
• Laureate Education (Producer). (2014c). Disruptive behaviors
[Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
• Laureate Education (Producer). (2014d). Disruptive behaviors:
Part one [Interactive media]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
• Laureate Education (Producer). (2014e). Disruptive behaviors:
Part two [Interactive media]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Application: Therapeutic Relationships
The Assignment (3–5 pages) is in two parts:
Part One: Ineffective Interventions
• Identify the less effective counseling session you selected and
explain why it was less effective.
• Identify and explain the intent of the target goal in the counseling
session.
• Explain one ineffective aspect of the counseling approach and
why.
• Explain one misstep the counselor made that inhibited the
development of a therapeutic relationship and why.
Part Two: Effective Interventions
• Identify the more effective counseling session you selected and
explain why it was more effective.
• Explain one intended goal the counselor was attempting to
accomplish in the counseling approach and why.
• Explain one ineffective aspect of the counseling approach and why.
Explain two critical skills the counselor demonstrated that
promoted the development of a therapeutic relationship and how
those critical skills were used.
Support your Assignment with specific references to all resources used
in its preparation. You are asked to provide a reference list for all
resources, including those in the week’s resources for this course.