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Unit 22 : Psychotherapy : Dealing with Psychological Disturbance

• The first step is to become familiar with your students’ educational history. This includes Notes
information from parents, licensed specialists in school psychology, diagnosticians and teachers
in the form of emotionally disturbed (ED) eligibility reports, functional behavioral assessment
IEPs and student Behavior Intervention Plans.
• Next, create your classroom rules. Good rules provide the structure for self-discipline that is
imperative for ED students. Create only a few rules, but state them in the positive, be specific,
and make sure the behaviors you describe are observable and measurable.
• Instructional schedules, transitions between activities or classes, and physical environment all
contribute to the factors that produce stress for ED students. To reduce their negative effects,
seat the ED student next to a positive role model toward the front of the classroom in one of
the aisle seats
• Use positive reinforcement to motivate the ED student. When a teacher gives positive feedback
and rein forcement to the ED student it breaks the chain of negative behaviors.

22.5 Keywords

Psychological : Connected with a person’s mind and the way in which it works
disturbance : A state in which somebody’s mine or a function of the body is upset and is
not working normally.
Hyperactivity : The process of being too active
Depression : A medical condition in which a person feels very sad and anxious
Panic : A sudden feeling of great fear that can not be controlled.
Trigger : Something that is the cause of a particular reaction or development.

22.6 Review Questions

1. Explain the term “Psychological disturbance”.
2. What are the symptoms and treatment of bipolar disorder ?
3. What are different causes of psychological disorder ?
4. What is depression ? How is it is cured?
5. How should teacher treat psychological disturbed children in classroom ?

Answer : Self Assessment
1. (i) intense fear (ii) obsessive Compulsive
(iii) Psychoanalyst
2. (i) T (ii) F (iii) F (iv) T
(v) T (vi) T (vii) T

22.7 Further Readings

1. Guidance & Counseling: S. Nageshwara Rao, Discovery Publishing House
2. Guidance & Counselince: B.G. Barki, B.Kukh, Opadhyay, Sterling Publishers Pvt.
Ltd.
3. Guidance & Counseling : Suzanne E. Wade. Pam Schuctz, Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates.

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