Behavioural problems in the under fives: Part 2

In assessing and treating pre-school children for behavioural problems it is extremely important to take a careful and complete history including pregnancy, development, parental and family factors.

It is equally important to understand the influences of temperament on the child within the parent-child context.

In this module, the second of three, we also discuss how behavioural and emotional problems present in pre-school children, specifically:

• the area of temperament,
• preschool attention deficit disorders,
• oppositional disorders,
• feeding and eating problems,
• sleeping difficulties,
• anxiety and depression.

We look at why they might occur, what the outcome might be and the current theories about treatment.