Discuss, with appropriate examples, the importance and understanding of the psychology of childhood behavioral disorders for an early childhood education professional. The term conduct disorder (CD) does not refer to a clinical syndrome in a traditional sense. Clinical syndromes are usually grouped based on the occurrence of groups of common symptoms or single obvious symptoms. Behavioral problems that occur in late childhood and adolescence are also classified as conduct disorders. “The term Conduct Disorder has been applied to children who break family or social rules” (Kazdin, 1987 cited in Dermot O'Reilly, 2005). According to Wolfe (1977), cited in Dermot O'Reilly (2005), this is an analytical category that examines limitations both in terms of an individual's identification with the disorder and links to behavior that is likely to be less significant. invaluable in managing people. The severity of this disorder is classified as mild, moderate, or severe. CD is not associated with delays in the development of cognitive, linguistic and motor skills. Conduct disorder pr...