Evaluate a Website Featuring a Neurodevelopmental Disorder that is Typically Diagnosed in Early Childhood & Explain How a Specific Anxiety Disorder Impacts the Social Development of a Child or Adolescent

PART I
Conduct a web search for a neurodevelopmental disorder that you wish to explore further. Some examples include intellectual or developmental disabilities, ADHD, and learning disabilities. Review your assigned readings for more examples. Then, select at least one website to evaluate for this assignment. Compare the information that is presented on the website to at least two scholarly resources on your chosen neurodevelopmental disorder. You may include this information in a chart within your written submission. Then, respond to the following:

• Determine the accuracy of the information you encountered. In other words, how does the information presented on the website compare to the information from your scholarly sources?

• Indicate what this tells you about where parents may find accurate, reliable information about this particular neurodevelopmental disorder.

Incorporate into your analysis at least two peer-reviewed articles that discuss your chosen neurodevelopmental disorder.

Resources for this assignment: 
Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR)
American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.) (DSM-5-TR). American Psychiatric Association.
Child and Adolescent Disorders
Beauchaine, T. P., & Hayden, E. P. (2016). Child and adolescent disorders. In APA handbook of clinical psychology: Psychopathology and health., Vol. 4. (pp. 135–171). American Psychological Association.
Mental disorders in childhood: Shifting the focus from behavioral symptoms to neurodevelopmental trajectories
Insel, T. R. (2014). Mental disorders in childhood: Shifting the focus from behavioral symptoms to neurodevelopmental trajectories. JAMA, 311(17), 1727–1728.
National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health. (2023).

PART II
For this assignment, select an anxiety disorder that can occur in childhood and/or adolescence, and then explain how that disorder can impact social development. Once you have identified the disorder and its possible consequences on social development, reflect on what strategies might be employed to assist children and adolescents in dealing with anxiety on a number of levels, from mild to severe (disordered) anxiety. You may wish also to discuss how modern society seems to cause an increase in the occurrence of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents, and what can be done to mitigate these societal issues. For example, how is social media adding to stress and anxiety among today’s youth?

Resources for this assignment: 
Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR)
American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.) (DSM-5-TR). American Psychiatric Association.
CBT for Adolescents With Anxiety: Mature Yet Still Developing
Philip C. Kendall, P. D., & Jeremy S. Peterman, M. A. (2017). CBT for adolescents with anxiety: Mature yet still developing. FOCUS, 15(2), 227–239.
Anxiety Disorders
National Institute of Mental Health. (n.d.). Anxiety disorders. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Understanding Anxiety Disorders Caregiver: Get the Facts
SAMHSA. (2017, May). Understanding anxiety disorders caregiver: Get the facts. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.