Unwanted behaviour in groups of children with developmental difficulties

Nepoželjnim ponašanjem smatramo sva ona ponašanja koja su previše upadljiva i neprihvatljiva za okolinu te ponašanja koja otežavaju ili onemogućuju usvajanje novih vještina, sposobnosti i navika. Takva ponašanja rezultat su nerazvijene komunikacije, odsutnosti socijalnih vještina te nekih psiholoških ili biofizičkih faktora. Nepoželjna ponašanja manifestiraju se agresivnošću, autoagresivnošću, ispadima bijesa, stereotipijama i ostalim nepoželjnim oblicima. Djeca s teškoćama u razvoju imaju razna prirodna i stečena oštećenja. Svako dijete ima individualne potrebe, osobnost i iskustvo tako da određene teškoće različito utječu na pojedino dijete. Djeca s teškoćama u razvoju kasne u svojemu razvoju pa se i nepoželjna ponašanja znaju pojaviti kasnije te puno duže trajati. Razlikujemo djecu s oštećenjem vida, sluha, glasovno-govorne komunikacije, kao i djecu s intelektualnim, motoričkim, višestrukim zdravstvenim teškoćama te djecu s poremećajem iz autističnog spektra. Stručnjaci i obitelji koriste raznolike terapijske pristupe kako bi smanjili nepoželjna ponašanja djece s teškoćama u razvoju te im omogućili lakše usvajanje socijalnih vještina, znanja i navika. Navedene pristupe mogli bismo klasificirati kao znanstveno utemeljene, znanstveno neutemeljene te one terapijske pristupe koji iziskuju dodatna istraživanja. Undesirable behavior is considered to be all behaviors that are too pervasive and unacceptable to the environment and those behaviors that make it difficult or disable the acquisition of new skills, abilities and habits. Such behaviors are the result of underdeveloped communication, absence of social skills, and some psychological or biophysical factors. Undesirable behaviors are manifested by aggression, auto-aggression, outbreaks of anger, stereotypes, and other unwanted forms. Children with developing disabilities have various natural and acquired injuries. Each child has individual needs, personality and experience so that certain difficulties affect the individual child differently. Children with developing difficulties are late in their development, so unwanted behaviors may appear later and last a long time. We differentiate between children with visual impairment, hearing, voice-speaking communication, as well as children with intellectual, motor, multiple health problems and children with autistic spectrum disorder. Experts and families use a variety of therapeutic approaches to reduce the unwanted behavior of children with developing disabilities and facilitate their social skills, knowledge and habits. These approaches could be classified as scientifically based, scientifically unsubstantiated, and those therapeutic approaches that require further research.