Detecting a child’s mental disorder can be difficult because many of the behaviors can also occur as part of normal development. As a result, some parents are hesitant to seek help. To help you ...

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.

In 2017, Yale Sterling Professor of Psychology and Child Psychiatry Alan Kazdin created a free online class that offers a “toolkit of techniques” to help parents develop positive behaviors in their ...

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 ...

Before Oscar* got kicked out of his first preschool, he was upset about lunch. Not long into the school year, the 4-year-old expressed his displeasure with the midday meal by dousing his tray with ...

Childhood body mass index is unlikely to have a big impact on children's mood or behavioural disorders, according to a new study. Childhood body mass index is unlikely to have a big impact on children ...

Tweens who spend more time on screens have a higher likelihood of developing disruptive behavior disorders, with social media having an especially strong influence, a new UC San Francisco-led study ...

Challenges with impulsivity and emotional regulation may present as aggression in children with ADHD. These behaviors can be challenging, but a mental health professional can help create an effective ...

A smartwatch system helps parents shorten and defuse children's severe tantrums, according to a study published online Dec. 15 in JAMA Network Open. Magdalena Romanowicz, M.D., from the Mayo Clinic in ...

Youngsters who spend a lot of time in front of a screen are at greater risk of developing behavior disorders, warned a new study. Social media is thought to have an especially strong influence and was ...