Identification of behavioral and emotional problems in school students and planning interventions for teacherss

By Dwivedi Supriya

INTRODUCTION Students are the future of a nation and they play a crucial role in the development of any country. In India which is the second most populous country of the world, children and adolescents constitute 30.9% of total population. According to UNICEF data, 2008, number of persons below 18 years was around 447 million in India. According to Census, 2011, the total number of children in India is 158.8 million which represents 13.12% of the total population. 29 million suffer from one or another mental health problem. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the government, parents and teachers to focus on physical and mental health of students. Schools are a central context of the all-round development of students and can also have a significant role in the emergence of behavioural and emotional problems. All-round development refers to both, physical as well as psychological development. When we talk about psychological development, our focus is mainly on behavioural and emotional aspects of personality. Each developmental stage poses certain challenges for the child or adolescent. Those who are able to overcome these challenges grow normally but those who are not may develop behavioural and emotional problems. These emotional and behavioral problems may affect families, neighbours, schools, society and communities. Successful resolution of these emotional and behavioural problems leads to healthy adulthood (WHO,2011). Any abnormal behaviour which is age inappropriate and violates the expected norm can be described as "challenging behaviour". It has been defined as "Culturally abnormal behaviour of such an intensity, frequency or duration that the mental health of the person or others is likely to be placed in serious jeopardy (Emerson, 2001). Studies have reported that around 1% of the school-aged population may be afflicted by behavioural and emotional problems, while credible estimates of the need for,

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1766652530
• ISBN13: 9781766652535
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Lawchakra
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"