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Work Resource File from the Social Work Program at Southern Arkansas University IV-E Academic Partnership in Social Welfare |
Printable Handouts:
Understanding Children: Biting
A good overview of the reasons children bite at different ages. Includes a quick chart to identify the specific behaviors of a client child.
Assessment and Intervention Tips:
Intervention strategies for four types of biting - exploration, frustration, feeling powerless, stress.
From the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, a fact sheet on biting as a form of aggressive behavior, and possible sign of emotional disorders or a result of harsh discipline or exposure to violence in the home.