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School Letter Requesting Evaluation

Children and families will find schools generally willing to assess students for learning problems, behavioral difficulties and emotional disorders. When you want to be sure to have a School Evaluation completed for your child, sending or giving a written request to...

Effects of Violence

EFFECTS OF VIOLENCE ON CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS   Summary by C. Petersen     EVERY THREE HOURS A GUN KILLS A CHILD Children’s Defense Fund, 2002   FACTORS RELATED TO VIOLENCE POVERTY CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE   Petersen...

Pharmacologic Treatment of Social Phobia

Pediatric Social Phobia and Treatment with SSRI Antidepressants  Kourtney Koslosky Penn State College of Medicine October 19, 2007   Overview (1)   Social phobia, or social anxiety disorder, is characterized by a persistent and intense fear or anxiety of at least one...

Self Mutilative Behavior

Understanding Self Mutilative Behavior  Jill Flemming High  Penn State College of Medicine  March 2005 Self Mutilative Behavior (SMB)  definition: -Deliberate damage to one’s own body tissue without suicidal intent -Part of the larger class of self-injurious behavior...
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