1. NEED AND IMPORTANCE OF
STUDENT COUNSELLING
V.MOSES SELVAKUMAR
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MADRAS SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
2. Being a student is a time of change...
Often it’s great, but there can be tough times too …
Finding friends
Settling into a new environment
Difficulties with concentration
New subjects, approaches, skills …
Family difficulties
Traumatic experiences
3. Tough times can lead to different reactions
Anxiety
Difficulty concentrating
Family tensions
Lack of motivation
Obsessive behaviour
Difficulty sleeping
Phobias
Relationship problems
Depression
Social anxiety
Problem alcohol use
Eating disorders
Perfectionism
Addiction
Self-harm
Suicidal thoughts
5. Counselling will help students
Understand himself
Acknowledge feelings
Work through them
Change negative patterns
Consider options
Make choices
6. Why Counselling is important
It promotes personal and social development
appropriate to developmental stages
It address the emotional, social, intellectual,
academic and career needs in a developmentally
appropriate manner.
It provide an environment which is conducive to
self-exploration
7. Profile of the children
17.31% of the world
population
India with 1.21 billon people
26 million of children are born
in India
8. A survey of 1,535primary school children drawn from
schools in Bangalore city.
found that 18% and 15% suffered from psychological
disturbance and learning disability
Children suffer from psychiatric illnesses such as
conduct disorders, eating disorders, (ADHD), adjustment
disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, mood
disorders, substance abuse and dependence.
Problems of children
9. Most common disorders in India are
Enuresis
ADHD
Conduct disorders and
behavioral disorders.
There is poor awareness amongst pediatricians and general
physicians in India about the occurrence of these conditions
illness.
10. Adolescence is the shift from a child into an
adult.
WHO has identified the age group of
adolescence is between 10 to19.
Adolescence
11. Suicide
In India more than
one lakh lives are
lost every year due
to suicides.
The southern states
of Kerala; Andhra
Pradesh and
Tamilnadu have a
suicide rate of <
15%.
Bangalore is the suicidal
capital of India with 1,778
cases. 15 suicides are
committed every hour.
12. Emotional and Social Changes during Adolescence
• Preoccupied with body image
• Frequent mood changes
• General inquisitiveness
• Self-exploration and
evaluation
• Concerns and worries about
the bodily changes and
consequently the emotional
stress
13. Emotional and Social Changes during Adolescence
• Conflicts with family/elders over
control.
• Concrete thinking but confused at
times
• Attraction towards opposite sex
• Day dreaming and
fantasizing
• Attention-seeking behaviour
14. Play therapy is employed with
children aged 3 through 11 and
provides a way for them to express
their experiences and feelings
through a natural, self-guided, self-
healing process
Play Therapy
15. Art therapy
Art therapy is a form of expressive
therapy that uses the creative
process of making art to improve a
person’s physical, mental, and
emotional well-being
16. Music therapy
Music therapy is an allied
profession which is consisting of a
process in which a music therapist
uses music and all of its facets—
physical, emotional, mental, social,
aesthetic, and spiritual—to help
clients improve their physical and
mental health.
17.
18. Counselling support for school students - The
Hindu, dt:03.12.2012
Trained Counsellors in schools a must, say
experts - The Hindu, dt:06.06.2016
Recent news paper clippings
21. Addressing the needs and concerns of children / Adolescents
will help them develop into healthy and empowered children/
Adolescents.
They will be able to contribute their best to the society
