Aggressive Behavior

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Aggressive Behavior

• Case Methods

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Classification of disruptive behaviors

• Property Damage
• Stealing
• Fire setting
• Vandalism
• Lying

• Aggression
• Cruelty
• Assault
• Fighting
• Bullying
• Cruelty to animals

Destructive
Covert
Overt

• Status Offenses
• Truancy
• Substance abuse
• Running away
• Curfew Violations

• Oppositional
• Tantrums
• Noncompliance
• Arguing
• Annoying others
• Stubbornness
• Anger
• Touchiness
• Defying adults

Nondestructive
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Classification of disruptive behaviors

• Oppositional defiant disorder
• Requires 4 of the following
• Loses temper often
• Argues frequently with adults
• Often openly defies or resists complying with
  rules
• Often does things deliberately to annoy people
• Frequently blames others for misbehaviors/mistakes
  
• Readily annoyed by others or touchy
• Often resentful or angry
• Frequently vindictive or spiteful

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Classification of disruptive behaviors

• Conduct disorder
• Similar to ODD, but involves violation of the
  basic rights of others and major age-appropriate
  societal norms
• Aggression toward people or animals, destruction
  of property, or theft or deceitfulness.

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ODD Long-term goals

• Comply with rules and accept direction from
  authority figures
• Interact with adults in a mutually respectful
  manner
• Replace defiant behavior with respect and
  cooperation
• Resolve conflict that underlies anger, hostility,
  and defiance

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ODD Short-term goals

• Describe perception of own behavior and feelings
  toward rules and authority figures
• Parents and teachers increase verbal praise,
  attention and rewards
• Recognize and verbalize hurt or angry feelings in
  constructive ways
• Identify targets of and causes for angry feelings
• Parents verbalize clear rules, boundaries, and
  behavioral expectations
• Parents ignore inappropriate behaviors

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CD Long-term goals

• Demonstrate increased honesty, compliance with
  rules, sensitivity to feelings and rights of
  others
• Comply with rules and expectations
• Stop all illegal and antisocial behaviors
• Express anger in a controlled, appropriate manner
• Improvement in impulse control

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CD Short-term goals

• Look at potential substance abuse problems
• Verbalize how feelings are connected to behavior
• Decrease frequency of lying and manipulating
• Parents increase the frequency of praise and
  positive reinforcement
• Identify feelings associated with past neglect,
  abuse, etc if appropriate