PSYC 3220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Child Psychopathology, Psychopathology, Neuropsychology

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3220
• Professor: C.Miller

Document Summary

The parent of the child is usually the client. Its focus on what the child should be doing at his/her specific stage of development (different from adults; children are always learning at different stages of their development; learning not happening at the same rate as adults) Parents rarely have good development/knowledge of norms (they don"t know what their child should be doing; comparisons with other children are usually false) Intention in treatment is to get children back on track; not to how they were prior to disorder episode. Risk factors variables that increase the likelihood of a bad outcome or decrease the likelihood of a good outcome (ex. watching a shooting in a classroom) Protective factors those variables that increase the likelihood of a good outcome or reduce the likelihood of a bad outcome. Resilience the idea of having a good outcome despite the risk factors (ex. going through a trauma and still having a positive outcome)