Transcript Statistics on Anti-social behaviors From: Anti

Continuum of Behavioral Concerns
From: Anti-Social Behavior in School: Evidence-Based Practices 2nd
Edition
H. Walker, E. Ramsey, F. Grisham
• Definition of Antisocial : hostility and aggression toward
others, willingness to commit rule infractions, defiance of
adult authority, and violation of social norms and mores.
• Anti-social behavior patterns that result in school-based
referrals to mental health services include: defiance,
noncompliance, aggression, bullying, stealing, and
truancy.
• An estimated 20% of the entire school-age population
has serious conduct disorder and related conditions and
is in need of comprehensive mental health services.
However, less than 1% are referred and receive
services.
Facts on Anti-Social Behavior
• The vast majority of anti-social children are boys;
antisocial behavior in girls is less evident and more often
self-directed.
• Antisocial behavior early in a child’s school career is the
single best predictor of delinquency in adolescence.
• Once aggressive behaviors have been identified,
statistically they will not disappear, and in fact will
increase over time if no intervention occurs.
• Antisocial children can be identified very accurately by
age 3 or 4.
• If antisocial behavior is not changed by the end of grade
3, it should be considered to be chronic, and therefore
managed with appropriate supports and continuing
interventions.
• Early intervention in the home, school, and community is
the single best way of diverting children from a path of
antisocial behavior.
The Path to Long-Term Negative Outcomes for AtRisk Children and Youth
•
1. Exposure to family,
neighborhood,
school, and
societal risk factors
2. Leads to,
Development of
maladaptive behavioral
manifestations
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4. Results in negative,
Destructive
long-term outcomes
3. Produces negative
Short-term
outcomes
•
1. poverty, abuse, neglect,
incompetent parenting, drug and
alcohol use by caregivers
2. defiance of adults, lack of
school readiness, coercive
interactive styles, aggression
towards, peers, lack of problemsolving skills
3. truancy, peer and teacher
rejection, low academic
achievement, school discipline
referrals, large number of different
schools attended
4. school failure and drop out,
delinquency, drug and alcohol
abuse, gang membership, violent
acts, adult criminality, lifelong
dependency on welfare system,
higher death and injury rate.
Developmental Continuum of Services and Expectations
for Antisocial Behavior (Bullis and Walker 1994).
Grade
preschool
Phase
Prevention
Services and Supports
Social skills
K
↓
Academic instruction
1
↓
Family support
2
↓
Early screening & identification
3
↓
4
Remediation
5
↓
Academic instruction
6
↓
Family support
7
Amelioration
8
↓
9
Accommodation
10
↓
Vocational skills
11
↓
Transition work
12
↓
Coping skills
Social skills
Self-control, Academic skills
Prevocational skills, Family support
Survival skills