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School Mental Health through empowering
the education sector
A Manual for School Teachers and Counselors
Education is meant to mould an individual to
function effectively as a social being and a useful citizen. This involves a
process of identifying the strengths and potential of each child and
assisting him/her to develop that potential to the fullest.
This assistance must also aim
at overlooking or overcoming any academic handicaps that the children with
Special Educational Needs may have.
Under-achievers in examinations
account for at least a quarter of the strength of any school. It is now
recognized that they can be assisted to perform to their full potential by
scientifically identifying the cause for poor school performance and
remedying the cause.
A teacher is an “Applied
Scientist” and must apply the above concepts in her profession. She is also a
‘Therapist’ - a Therapist especially to children with Learning problems. To
be effective as Therapist, every teacher needs to be trained to ‘diagnose’
the various causes for poor school performance. So is the case with the
school counselor.
The objective of this handbook
is to enable this diagnosis by sensitizing teachers to the numerous learning
difficulties faced by school children. The book gives an overview of these
learning problems with an emphasis on Learning Disorders. More>…
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