Misbehaviour: The key to misbehaviour is that the child could have acted differently; that he or she were aware that they shouldn’t have done something.

Stress Behaviour: The key to stress behaviour is that the child is not fully aware of what they are doing, or why and has limited capacity to act differently. Stress behaviour is caused by too high a stress–load.

Written by Sara Khraim – Occupational Therapist at De Silva Kids Clinic.