PROBLEMS OF CHILDHOOD I
Summer 2010
Diane Leamy PhD, LCSW
d.leamy@comcast.net
708 341-1627
Course Description
This course provides an overview of psychological and neurodevelopmental disorders from infancy through adolescence. A variety of theoretical frames will be used to understand aspects of pathology, its development, and particular stage based presentations.
A large list of reference texts are suggested along with a rich selection of articles to build your own reference library. Starred articles are considered essential to our class discussions and are required reading.
A final paper is due sent to me by email no later than July 29th. The final paper should be ten to twelve pages in length, incorporating references to class discussions, readings and other references to support your observations and conclusions. You may choose one of the following:
- An in-depth discussion of one set of disorders comparing and contrasting each of the major research contribution towards understanding this disorder, for example: neuropsychological, developmental, psychodynamic etc. Discuss the ways each frame contributes to an understanding of the development of this pathology, its diagnosis, treatment, and ways to address how the school setting should adapt or accommodate for this disorder.
- An in-depth case study using: presenting problem, developmental history, environmental influences, physical and constitutional issues, observations from clinical interview and classroom, family interviews, etc. to formulate a diagnosis, treatment, and ways to address the child’s needs at home and in the school setting.
Texts
Applegate, Jeffrey and Shapiro, Janet. (2005) Neurobiology for Clinical Social Work. NY: W.W. Norton Co.
Bleiberg, Efrain. (2001) Treating Personality Disorders in Children and
Adolescents. New York: The Guilford Press
*DeGangi, Georgia. (2000) Pediatric Disorders of Regulation in Affect and
Behavior: A Therapist’s Guide to Assessment and Treatment. San Diego: Academic Press.
*Greenspan MD, Stanley. (2003) The Clinical Interview of the Child. (3rd edition)Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing. (Great Reference)
*Kernberg, Paulina et al (2000) Personality Disorders in Children and Adolescents. New York: Basic Books
Waddell, Margot. (1998) Inside Lives: Psychoanalysis and the Growth of the
Personality. London: Duckworth & Co. Ltd.
Zero to Three National Center for Infant Clinical Programs, (1994) Diagnostic Classification: 0-3 Diagnostic Classifications of Mental Health and Develop-Mental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood. Arlington, VA: Author
Course Outline and Readings
6/17 CLASS #1 Developmental Psychopathology -Overview Psychoanalytic Theories, Developmental Theories, Neuropsychological
Theory, Risk for Disorders
Freud, A. (1963) The concept of developmental lines. Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, 18: 245-265. (PEP)
*Freud, A. (1970) The symptomology of childhood: A preliminary attempt at classification. The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child. 25: 19-41. (PEP)
Greenspan MD, Stanley and Nancy (2003) The Clinical Interview of the Child (3rd edition). American Psychiatric Publishing: Arlington, VA. Pgs. 1-74
Lyons-Ruth, K., Zeanah, C., and Benoit, D. (1996) Disorder and Risk for Disorder. In E. J. Mash and R. A. Barkley. Child Psychopathology. NY: Guilford Press. Pg 457-491
*Mash, E.J. and Dozois, D. J. (1996) Child Psychopathology: A Developmental Systems Perspective. In E. J. Mash and R. A. Barkley. Child Psychopathology N. Y.: Guilford Press, Pg 3-60.
*Fraiberg, S. (1982) Pathological Defenses in Infancy. Psychoanalytic Quarterly, LI Vol. 51, pg. 612-635. (PEP)
CLASS #2 6/24 Attachment, Trauma and Abuse,
*Fonagy, Peter and Target, Mary. (2002) Early Intervention and the Development of Self Regulation. Psychoanalytic Inquiry Vol 22 pg 307-335. (PEP)
*Siegel MD, Daniel J. (2001) Toward an Interpersonal Neurobiology of the
Developing Mind: Attachment Relationships, Mindsight, and Neural Integration. Infant Mental Health Journal. Vol. 22, pg. 67-94
*Teicher, M. (?) Wounds That Time Won’t Heal: The Neurobiology of Child Abuse. The Dana Forum on Brain Science. Pg. 50-67.
*Terr, L. (1991) Childhood Traumas: An Outline and Overview. American Journal of Psychiatry. Vol 148, No. 1 pg. 10-20.
Eldridge, A. (2003) Fragility in Childhood. Zetland Paper… with permission of author.
*McLoyd, V. (1990) The Impact of Economic Hardship on Black Families and Children: Psychological Distress, Parenting, and Socioeconomic
Development. Child Development Vol.61, pg311-346.
Wakschlag, L. and Keenan, K. (2001) Clinical Significance and Correlates of Disruptive Behavior in Environmentally At Risk Preschoolers. Journal of Child Psychology. Vol. 30, pg 262-275.
Murphy, Phd., Lois. (1971) Cognitive Disturbances in Young Children. In Hellmuth, ed. Deficits in Cognition. Pg 280-323.
Mills, Jon (2005) Treating Attachment Pathology. Jason Aronson: Lanham, Maryland. Pg. 3-58
CLASS #3 7/1 Latency, Disorders of Regulation of Affect, Mood, Attention
*Pine, Phd, Fred. (1980) On Phase Characteristic Pathology of the School-Age Child: Disturbances of Personality Development and Organization
(Borderline Conditions)of Learning, and of Behavior. In Greenspan, S. I. and
Pollock, G. H. (eds) The Course of Life: Psychoanalytic Contributions
Toward Understanding Personality Development. Vol. II: Latency,
Adolescence and Youth. NIMH, 165-203.
*Ornstein, A. (1981) Self Pathology in Childhood: Developmental and Clinical Considerations. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association 48,4, Pg 1439-1465. (PEP)
Waddell, Chapter 6, Latency
Koch, Ehud (2003) Reflections on a Study of Temper Tantrums in Older Children. Psychoanalytic Psychology. Vol. 20, No. 3, pg 456-471. (PEP)
*DeGangi, Chapter 1, Self regulation in children and infants, 2-33, attentional problems, 241-277, and sensory processing problems, 283-331.
Greenspan, S. and Wieder, S. (1997) Multisystem Developmental Disorder. In Greespan, Wieder and Osofsky, (eds) Handbook of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry. Volume one. NY: John Wiley and Sons Inc. Pg 561-572.
Gilmore, K. (2002) Diagnosis, Dynamics and Development: Considerations in the Psychoanalytic Assessment of AD/HD. Psychoanalytic Inquiry, 22, pg 372-390. (PEP)
*Hammen, C. and Rudolph, K. (2003) Childhood Mood Disorders. In Mash, EJ and Barkley, RA (eds) Child Psychopathology (2nd Ed) NY: The Guilford Press, Pg 233-278.
*Pavluri, Mani; Janicak, Philip; Nalyor, Michael; and Sweeney, John. (2002) Early Recognition and Differentiation of Pediatric Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder. Adolescent Psychiatry. 27 117-134.
CLASS #4 7/15 Adolescence
Ekstein, Rudolph. (1966) Chapter I: The Diagnostic Process during Evaluation of an Adolescent Girl. In Children of Time and Space, of Action and Impulse: Clinical Studies on the Psychoanalytic Treatment of Severely
Disturbed Children. NY: Appleton Century Crofts. 15-62
*Freud, A. (1969) Adolescence. In The Writings of Anna Freud: Vol V. NY: International Universities Press. 136-165 also Adolescence as a Developmental Disturbance. 39-47
*Kernberg, et.al. Part IV The Borderline Personality Organization. pg 131-224
*Steinburg, L and Scott, D. (2003) Less Guilty by Reason of Adolescence: Developmental Immaturity, Diminished Responsibility, and the Juvenile Death Penalty. American Psychologist 58, 12, 1009-1018.
Wolf, Ernest. (1993) Adolescence: Psychology of the Self and Self Objects. Adolescent Psychiatry. No. 10 (1982)
CLASS #5 7/22 Special Topics: Gender Identity, Suicidality, Substance Abuse
Boxer, A.M., Cohler, B., Herdt, G. and Irvin, F. (1993) Gay and Lesbian Youth In Handbook of Clinical Research and Practice With Adolescents. NY: John Wiley and Sons Inc. pg 249-280. (Handout)
*Bronstein, Catalina. (2000) Working with Suicidal Adolescents In Wise, I. (ed) Op. cit. 21-35. ( Handout)
*Yanof, J.A. Barbie and The Tree of Life: The Multiple Functions of Gender In Development. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. Vol. 48, 4, 1439-1465.
Kernberg, et.al. Part V The Psychotic Personality Organization. 225-258
*Tsai, Luke. and Champine, Donna. (2004) Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders. In Weiner and Dulcan, op.cit. 379-409.