What's On at ADAVIC!!!

What’s on at ADAVIC!!!

Thursday, 2nd September 2010
1.30 pm – 3.00 pm
Phyllis Hore Room (Kew Library)
Cnr Civic Drive & Cotham Roads, Kew

Parenting Support Strategies: ‘Separation Anxiety in Children – Origins and Management’ by Ruth Rosalion, Clinical Psychologist!
This information session will describe and explain the onset of symptoms of Separation Anxiety Disorder and provide an outline of effective treatments.
Fear of separation from parents or caregivers is a normal phase during infancy from around 7 months to 3 years. Separation Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is a mental heath disorder and can extend well beyond this early age span. It begins in childhood and is characterized by worry and distress, well out of proportion to the situation of temporarily leaving home or otherwise separating from loved ones. Four to five percent of children and adolescents suffer from Separation Anxiety Disorder. Symptoms include school refusal or school phobia, resistance to going to bed at night, and physical complaints in reaction to actual or anticipated separation from primary caretakers. Up to 80% of children who refuse school qualify for a diagnosis of Separation Anxiety Disorder. Symptoms can be severely debilitating and cause great anguish to the child or adolescent and to their parents.
Separation anxiety disorder is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Psychological treatments, such as behavioural or cognitive-behavioural are effective and considered preferable to medication. The approaches to treatment to be presented involve the child, parents and teachers. Left untreated, children with Separation Anxiety Disorder are at high risk for developing further mental health problems, particularly other anxiety disorders or depression.

Bookings can be made at this direct link:

http://www.adavic.org.au/product-view.aspx?Id=83