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Teenagers With Neurobehavioral Disorders and How Therapy Helps Them In a

Working Environment

November 8, 2022

Teenagers With Neurobehavioral Disorders and How Therapy Helps Them In a

Working Environment

Research Proposition
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The human brain is complex and allows for much of the functions in a human body. It

is responsible for everything we do in our daily lives, but not all brains work, and think the

same. Studies have shown that in autism alone, 1 in 44 children experience the disorder.

(CDC, 2022)

One’s knowledge and what he is taught is a big reason that leads people to specific

paths and actions. This too most certainly applies to young adults who experience

Neurobehavioral disorders. When we think of ways to help guide them, of the many ways

one thing commonly pops into our minds and that is therapy. Therapy allows a patient to

bond and cope over time, with the things around him, and with things he struggles to

understand. This avoids many negative things. Such negative things can be using medications

that increase the probability of risky sexual behavior outcomes (STDs and pregnancy),

substance abuse disorders, and injuries. (Chorniy, & Kitashima 2016) and other coinciding

effects that occur due to the use of medication. There are many types of therapy, most of

which helps build self-esteem, reduce anxiety, strengthen coping mechanisms, and improve

social and community functioning. (Mayo Clinic, 2016)

With that given, It is important that we should ask these questions 1) To what extent

does therapy have in relation to the growth and development of a teen with Neurobehavioral

disorders? 2) What are the negatives of therapy from the POV of those with Neurobehavioral

disorders? And 3) What is the relationship between therapy, acknowledgment, and coping, in

relation to a teen with Neurobehavioral disorders' maturity and growth as a person?

Current Theories, Concepts, Empirical Findings

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Teens With Neurobehavioral Disorders

Mental disorders represent a public health challenge of staggering proportions. In the

most recent Global Burden of Disease study, mental and substance abuse disorders constitute

the leading source of years lost to disability from all medical causes. (Thomas, & Bruce

2022)

Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common neurobehavioral

disorder of childhood and can be associated with emotional, behavioural, developmental, and

physical comorbidities. ADHD can impact academic and later occupational achievement,

relationships and social development, wellbeing and safety, and individual and family quality

of life (Ahmann & Tuttle 2022)

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) refers to a spectrum of neuro-developmental

disorders characterised by persistent deficits in social communication and interaction as well

as the presentation of restricted and repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests, or activities

(Lehnert-LeHouillier, & Sandoval 2018)

Therapy On Teens with Neurobehavioral Disorders

Dance practice can elicit esthesia to stimulate the communication process through

the notion of the phenomenal body that is recognized in an expressive and symbolic

space. (DeJesus, Mari, Arida, & Teixeira-Machado, L. 2020)

Music therapy may help children with ASD to improve their skills in primary

outcome areas that constitute the core of the condition including social interaction, verbal
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communication, initiating behaviour, and social‐emotional reciprocity. Music therapy may

also help to enhance non‐verbal communication skills within the therapy context.

Furthermore, in secondary outcome areas, music therapy may contribute to increasing social

adaptation skills in children with ASD and to promoting the quality of parent‐child

relationships. (Geretsegger, Mössler, & Gold 2015)

Scopes and Aims of the Research Proposition

Statement of the Problem

The research aims to understand and make connections between therapy and its effects on

teens who have neurological disorders in aspects like everyday speech, work and other

similar common activities in order to answer the following questions:

1. Why does therapy work better than meds?

2. What are the experiences of young adults concerning their neurological disorders?

3. What are the differences in the ways teens react when presented to different types of

therapy?
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4. What aspects of therapy allow the teen to develop further as a functioning adult?

Scope and Limitations

The study will talk about the role and relationship of therapy, its different types, and how they

help in developing teens with neurological disorders.

Proposed Method and Analysis

Research Design

Qualitative methods.

Participants

Teens aged (13-17) who are affected by neurological disorders and are undergoing

therapy.

Data Analysis

Qualitative data. With interviews being transcribed

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