HELPING MALADJUSTED CHILDREN
Chapter 24 HELPING MALADJUSTED CHILDREN The Chapter at a Glance The general guiding principles. Specific techniques of helping maladjusted children. Paramount significance of mental health. A teacher can prevent and treat innumerable varieties of maladjustment amongst school children. Much depends upon his approach towards problems incidental to the school situation, class discipline, children's problems, etc. A healthy approach towards these matters prevents many a child from developing any serious trouble at the school and afterwards. The main principles which can aid a school teacher in the task of understanding and helping the maladjusted child can be grouped under two major categories as follows:— A. The general guiding principles. B. The specific techniques. Careful observation of children's everyday problems and critical study of the literature on mental health and hygiene are sufficient to gu