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by Prof Margaret Thompson and Dr Paula Jenkins
Last updated: February 2018
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:
We look at why they might occur, what the outcome might be and the current theories about treatment.
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