Professor Eva Kimonis
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They're seeing kids entering school with more difficult behaviors.
They're seeing kids that were already in school showing an increase in problematic behaviors.
It all begs the question, why is this happening?
So we're hearing from schools that they're really seeing a rise in disruptive types of behaviors in their students.
This is Eva Kimones.
And I'm a professor in the School of Psychology at the University of New South Wales.
Big emotions that are very difficult to calm down.
Impulsive types of behaviors.
Engaging in aggressive behavior, destructive behavior, bullying other children.
There's also a lot of not listening.
Chronic not listening, which can be really a big strain for teachers when they're trying to manage a whole classroom.
We've had children where they're just not participating at all in classroom activities.
Maybe they're hiding under the desk.
And we've got a lot of cases where children are requiring one-on-one management from a student learning support officer just to engage in standard school activities.
Not everyone has a diagnosis, but when a child is showing disruptive, destructive symptoms,
aggressive, hyperactive, impulsive type behaviors at a high frequency, then they are more likely to meet diagnostic criteria for oppositional defiant disorder, which can progress onto the more severe conduct disorder.
Many of them also have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder as well, which co-occurs at a high rate with oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder.
So again, it's a mix.
So they tend to kind of build on their behavioral repertoire.
So as you develop, you develop new skills.
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