PSYCH 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Separation Anxiety Disorder, Selective Mutism, School Refusal
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Developmentally inappropriate and excessive fear of being away from attachment figure. Reluctance to go away from home (ex: school refusal) if separating. Persistent worry about caregiver being lost or dying. Reluctance to sleep w/o being close to caregiver. Failure to speak in specific social situations in which there is an expectation for speaking (at school) despite speaking in other situations. Last more than 1 month (but not first month of school) Not due to discomfort with the required language. Severe temper outbursts highly out of proportion with the situation at hand, either in intensity or duration. Ex: having to finish their cereal, tidying up, stop ipad use, etc. Specific deficits in child"s ability to perceive or process information efficiently and accurately, persisting for 6 months. Must be confirmed with standardized achievement measures. Performance of the affected academic skills is well below average for age, Or acceptable performance is achieved only with extraordinary effort.
