PSY BEH 155C Lecture 1: All Child Therapies Lecture Notes
15 Jun 2016
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Chapter 1: introduction to child therapies; historical views and evolving treatment. Historical views of children: children were viewed as miniature adults, forced to work as coal miners, field hands, or beggars, little concern for children"s needs, rights, and care before the 1900s. Healthy child development: social philosophy: value of children beyond serving a purpose , medical, educational, and psychological resources devoted to children , competent, health children. View of children: 1600s and 1700s: 2/3 children died before their 5th birthday, parenting. Extreme neglect, physical and sexual abuse went unnoticed; considered an adult"s right: societal view. Children are the exclusive property and responsibility of parents: into mid-1800s, children with severe developmental disabilities were allowed to be kept in cages and cellars. Children"s mental health: interest in abnormal child behavior was fairly absent until the end of the 1700s. Church influence: attribution of disturbing behavior due to: Humane care and social protection of children: 1800s.
