(en) [The difficult child at the latent age: the importance of evaluation to treat well] The factors influencing the future of the aggressive impulse lie both at the level of the child itself and at the level of the socio-family and society. The difficult behaviour of the child at the latent age questions many parameters both in terms of the psychic functioning of the individual concerned and at the relational level. Moreover, this symptomatological procession comes to question societal values, including, among others, the notion of authority. Thus, these usually tenacious difficulties require adequate support and the broadest possible reflection on relations within families and in our society in general. The evaluative approach consists in understanding the function of the symptoms, the suffering of the child in his neuro-psycho-developmental trajectory in order to engage an accompaniment of help and adapted care. Behind the term difficult child, is usually discovered a great psychological suffering more or less recognized. The assessment focuses on the child in question in terms of cognitive, emotional and relational dimensions, as well as on the socio-family environment. It is essential to understand the attitudes of the socio-family members with regard to the difficult behaviour of the child by specifying that this is once again a circular phenomenon
de Becker, E. (2019). L’enfant difficile à l’âge de latence : de l’importance d’évaluer pour bien traiter. Perspectives Psychiatriques, 58(3), 231-241. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/91392 (Original work published 2019)