A CASE STUDY OF ATTACHMENT DISORDER T.J. was born to a mother who was neglectful of her children and a father who was unavailable to the family. The parents both were on drugs and abused alcohol. The family was poor and when the father moved out of the household, the mother moved the children ...

Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurobehavioral disorder that affects 3-5 percent of all American children. It interferes with a person's ability to stay on a task and to exercise age-appropriate inhibition (cognitive alone or both cognitive and behavioral). This research pape...

There are so many inequalities in American life today, and they are so intertwined with one another that it makes it difficult to discuss one without discussing the other or others that may be involved within one subject area. This paper is going to try and focus on socioeconomic inequalities i...

There has been an alarming concern towards violence in the society. Whether it is in a developed or industrialized country, or if it is a society crippled by war, man is surrounded by different forms of violence. In the streets alone, a child may potentially witness death from gang encounters. Schoo...

Abstract This paper will take a look at the prevalence of trauma in youth who are involved in the juvenile justice system. We will also take a look at PTSD and Trauma-Informed Care in youth along with three case studies of effective and ineffective treatments and/or therapies of trauma in youth who ...

Attention Deficit Disorder Five year old Danny is in kindergarten. It is playtime and he hops from chair to chair, swinging his arms and legs restlessly, and then begins to fiddle with the light switches, turning the lights on and off again to everyone's anno...

There are some children who chronically daydream. They are often very bright, but they have trouble attending to any one topic for very long. They are full of energy and have trouble staying put. They can be quite impulsive in saying or doing whatever comes to mind, and they find distractions imp...