In preschool and school-aged children with disruptive behavior disorders, programs involving parents — either alone or with the child and a caregiver or teacher — were associated with reductions in ...

Youth with related behavior challenges may have trouble moving between different brain states, according to a new study from Yale Child Study Center. Their brains appear to get stuck in states with ...

Challenges with impulsivity and emotional regulation may present as aggression in children with ADHD. These behaviors can be challenging, but a mental health professional can help create an effective ...

The Hechinger Report reports on rising classroom misbehavior among young students, attributed to pandemic disruptions, ...

At least 1 in 20 families struggles with an aggressive child. Such children and their families need and should be offered evidence-based treatments. When these families get ineffective therapies—or no ...

When my son went into grade one, a decade ago, he refused to sit in his seat. He got up and went to the garbage can repeatedly. He fidgeted. When he came home he was upset and moody. He eventually ...

These conditions increase vulnerability for disruptive behaviors. The age of the child influences psychological, environmental, neurobiological, and social behaviors when symptoms are present The ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State legislators and educators are continuing to put their heads together to look at how to better address concerning behaviors in schools across West Virginia. The Legislative ...

Roughly every month I receive an e-mail from a parent somewhere in the world asking for help with a child who is violent, angry or aggressive. Some people describe being physically beaten or having ...

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, Long Island (WABC) -- Police on Long Island say groups of children have become so disruptive and destructive in Nassau County, that they have been forced to take action. Rockville ...

I was excited when I found out, after an emergency C-section, that I'd given birth to a healthy baby boy. I was lucky; he was a great baby, slept well, and ate like a champ. He was a delight in day ...