Parents often find themselves caught off-guard when their child starts exhibiting behavioral issues. For instance, their child may become disruptive at school or home. Children who show signs of a ...

Behavioral therapy is a broad term that refers to several therapeutic techniques to treat mental health disorders. This form of therapy suggests that all behaviors occur due to learning them from ...

Hello everyone, and welcome to today’s online chat about educating adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders. My name is Christina Samuels, and I cover special education for Education Week.

This study will create a blueprint for a sustainable infrastructure to implement preventive interventions that promote behavioral health. It will also identify funding needs and strategies to support ...

Maladaptive behaviors interfere with a person’s daily activities, ability to adjust, or ability to participate in certain settings. Maladaptive behavior can appear in various ways, including avoidance ...

This post was co-authored with Rachel Hardy, M.A. In this three-part post, we seek to explore alternate explanations for childhood defiance/misbehavior. In Part 1, childhood misbehavior was ...

It had been a hard year. I held my 13-year-old body in a chair across from my then-therapist. We were talking about what was wrong with me; at least, that's how I thought of it. In the year that had ...

Impulsive behavior can be part of an impulse control disorder or other mental health disorder but is not a disorder on its own. Some physical conditions can also cause impulsive behavior. An impulsive ...

Kids often squirm, fidget, talk too much, or don’t want to take turns. It’s not unusual for any kid to have trouble paying attention sometimes. But for almost 10% of kids with ADHD (attention deficit ...