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III. Rackets and other Treatment Issues

Hyperactivity as Passive Behavior

Pages 60-62
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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Hyperactivity is presented as passive behavior indicative of a chronic unresolved problem. Whether the problem is physiological, neurological and/or social/emotional in origin, the child adopts passive behavior in the form of agitation. Such behavior becomes an integral part of the child's problem-solving structure throughout his development and is supported by the social system in which he lives. A case history illustrates how transactional analysis is used within an inter-disciplinary approach to deal with the passivity and solve the problem(s).

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Sally Ann Edwards

Sally Anne Edwards, MSW, CPTM, is a licensed clinical social worker. She currently is in private practice in Sierra Madre, California.