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Chapter 20 THE EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CHILD The Chapter at a Glance Need for understanding and guidance. Causes of emotional disturbances. The responsibility of the teacher. Guidance and treatment.             An emotionally disturbed child presents another group of problems for a teacher. He is 'naughty', mischievous, trouble­some and difficult to manage in the class. His aggression, anger, rage, etc., seem to be utterly out of his control. His tempera­ment is fiery and inconsistent. Describing such a child, Burt* says:             "First one impulse, then another, then a third, each contradictory to the last, and each successively excited by the changing situations of the moment, explodes forth into action. And the life of the un­stable child becomes a series of discontinuous fulminations, like the pops of a Chinese cracker." Need for Understanding and Guidance             Such a child proves immensely troublesome for his class­mates as