Child Mental Health Flashcards
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what is a child with secure attachment more likely to be like
have more positive and fewer negative peer reactions and establish more and better friendships.
what are children that are anxiously attached more likely to be like
tend to be followers rather than leaders, or to anxiously but unsuccessfully seek positive peer interaction, or appear aggressive and hostile
what are the 4 aspects of attachment theory
Proximity Maintenance - The desire to be near the people we are attached to.
Safe Haven - Returning to the attachment figure for comfort and safety in the face of a fear or threat.
Secure Base - The attachment figure acts as a base of security from which the child can explore the surrounding environment.
Separation Distress - Anxiety that occurs in the absence of the attachment figure
when attachment is assessed, how does secure attachment present
Child:
Readily explores, using carer as a secure base. Cries infrequently. Easily put down after being held. Confident.
Caregiver:
Appropriate response to upset, appropriate encouragement to explore, tuned in to child’s needs
when attachment is assessed, how does anxious avoidant attachment present
Child:
Avoids or ignore the parent when he or she returns - showing little overt indications of an emotional response. Often, the stranger will not be treated much differently from the parent
Caregiver:
Disinterested, uncomfortable with showing affection but overly encourages separation/independence
when attachment is assessed, how does anxious ambivalent avoidant attachment present
Child:
Explores little, wary of strangers. When the mother departs, the child is often highly distressed. The child is however generally ambivalent when she returns.
Caregiver:
Inconsistent/unpredictable responses
what is the definition of temperament
Inherent, constitutionally-based characteristics that constitute the core of personality and influence directions for development.
what are the dimensions of temperament
1) activity level
2) approach/withdrawal
3) adaptability
4) mood
5) threshold
6) intensity
7) distractibility
8) rhythmicity
9) attention span/persistence
how is the family assessed and what are the aspects of this
The McMaster model
- Problem Solving
- Communication
- Roles
- Affective responsiveness
- Affective involvement
- Behaviour controls
what are the Piaget stages of childhood
0-2 years - The Sensorimotor Stage
2-7 years - the Preoperational stage
7 - 11 years - the Concrete Operational stage
11 to adulthood - the Formal Operational stage
what are the characteristics of Piaget
Egocentricism
Animism
Symbolism
Moral realism
what is egocentricism
only able to consider things from their own point of view, and imagine that everyone shares this view, because it is the only one possible
what is animism
belief that everything has some kind of consciousness.
what is symbolism
when something is allowed to stand for or symbolise something else
what is moral realism
belief that the child’s way of thinking about the difference between right and wrong, is shared by everyone else around them
what are the 4 P’s of the formulation model
1P: Predisposing:
What are the risk factors that lead this person to be more likely to have the problem?
2P: Precipitating
What was it that contributed to this changing from a being just risk of a problem, to an actual problem?
3P: Perpetuating
What is keeping the problem going, or why isn’t it getting better?
4P: Protective
What is in the picture that might be preventing the problem from being even worse? What strengths can be built on, to result in improvements?
what is Maslow’s hierarchy of need composed of
physiological needs safety needs love and belonging needs esteem needs self actualisation
