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Child Counselling, Child counseling is a type of therapy that focuses on kids, young children, teens, and adolescents with one or more mental illnesses. It also provides aid to youths, who have experienced trauma, and/or who are experiencing a dysfunctional or stressful home environment.
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It is important to understand that children, who are suffering from mental health issues or psychological distress, may not share these concerns with their parents. , That doesn’t happen because your child doesn’t love you; rather, it occurs because he/she fears disappointing you., When a child’s social and emotional issues and psychological distress are left untreated, it can negatively impact his/her educational aspirations and developmental milestones.
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Functions of Child Counselors, to help your child receive the help he/she needs to resolve his/her issues and resume a healthy and productive life., to help children better interpret the issues they are experiencing and/or the trauma that occurred – in a way they can process and understand., The goal of child counseling, however, is to break down problems into manageable parts, so children can better understand and cope with them, to help children work through their emotions, so they can live normal healthy lives without the lasting effects of fear, confusion, anxiety, or trauma., identify the underlying issues that are affecting your child’s overall health and well-being,
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Some of the most common issues that child counselors treat include: , Divorce, Grief and the death of a loved one, pet, home, etc., Witnessing or experiencing a trauma event(s), Mental health conditions and psychological distress (i.e. anxiety and depression), Bullying, Sexual, emotional, and/or physical abuse, Relocation issues (i.e. changing schools, homes, families, and/or cities/states), Family substance abuse or addiction
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Common signs of mental health issues or psychological distress include:, Unprovoked aggression, Leakage of urine, Difficulty adjusting to social situations and/or new situations, Recurrent nightmares, night terrors, and/or sleep difficulties like insomnia, Low grades or a sudden academic decline, Constant worry and anxiety, Social withdraw from activities your child once liked or loved to do
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A noticeable and/or sudden loss of appetite and/or extreme weight loss, Repetitively performing rituals and routines like hand-washing, Suicidal ideations (thoughts) or attempts, Your child responds to voices he/she hears in his/her head, Spending most of his/her time alone or engaging in voluntary social isolation, Alcohol and/or drug use, abuse, or addiction, Increased physical complaints, despite a healthy report from a medical professional, Engaging in self-harm practices, such as cutting oneself
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Child counselors use a variety of techniques to assess and treat a child with behavioral or mental health symptoms. , , Sessions often include parents or families, who engage in all or part of the activities of a session.
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Therapeutic Games, Selected games and activities help a child learn self-management strategies. For instance, a counselor may blow bubbles with a child. While the child is having fun with the bubbles, the counselor demonstrates how to blow bigger bubbles by taking deep breaths and blowing slowly. The counselor then explains how "Bubble Breaths" can help relieve anxiety. Strategy games -- such as checkers and Battleship -- help children learn impulse control by thinking about consequences. Memory games, such as card matching, help a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder increase his attention span and improve memory,
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Art Therapy, For diagnostic purposes, counselors may give a child an assignment, such as copying, picture completion or instructions to draw a particular thing, such as an animal or the child's family. At other times, free choice of art media and subject matter provide a child the opportunity to freely express inner thoughts and feelings. Counselors interpret a child's art by looking for themes and by asking the child to discuss his project. An unstructured approach to art therapy can help a counselor learn what concerns a child and how the child is dealing with those concerns internally
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Family Therapy, Family interactional patterns and dynamics offer a key to problem resolution. Through activities, children and families interact with more spontaneity and imagination than through traditional talk therapy,, Techniques such as family sculpting help families understand a child's perspective. Using this technique, a child creates a living sculpture by placing family members in the room in whatever position -- sitting, standing, kneeling or other position -- that best illustrates how the family members interact with each other. After discussing the sculpture, the counselor directs the child to place family members the way he would like them to be., Acting or Role Playing
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Talk Therapy, Talk therapy is beneficial for children who have experienced trauma, such as physical abuse, sexual abuse or the death of a loved one. Using narrative therapy, a counselor encourages a child to describe the traumatic event, and then they focus on the child's response to the event., the counselor helps a child discover his strengths. Using this strengths-based approach, ". . .the child feels they can be influential in their own life,
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Individualized Education Programming IEP complete plan for disabled child/behavior problematic child caters to the individual needs of the child executed in resource room parents, teachers, management, social worker, & counselor coordination is essential steps present level of education performance define and measurable annual and short term goals based on pattern of strength and weakness executing plan measuring progress
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Problems in IEP setting non specific goals (difficult to track & measure) teacher student ratio focus on examination heavily packed curriculum lack of special educators
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At high school child are co terminus with early adolescence emotionally crippled the adolescents have their individualistic ideas, interests, and emotions and are keen to express them and look forward to proper recognition and encouragement.
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Counselor role to inculcate desirable attitudes, interests and goals. To help to gain insight into their problems and resolve. To develop vocational consciousness, occupational interest, related goals.
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The basic behavioral principle: Law of Effect, To get things they like, e.g. praise, attention, material reward and interesting activities; , or, To avoid things they dislike, e.g. reproach, neglect, punishment and activities they hate.
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Analyzing the Antecedents and Consequences of a Behavior, There are usually antecedents and consequences to a behavior. An antecedent refers to the event happened immediately before the occurrence of a behavior. It (could be a person, a setting or an incident) may be the factor triggering the behavior. , , A consequence refers to the event appears right after the occurrence of a behavior, e.g. The child gets a reward or loses certain privileges., Antecedent and consequence are often crucial factors influencing whether a behavior will occur. If we can fully understand the antecedent and consequence of a behaviour,, , we will have the essential clues to change the behaviour. This method of analyzing behaviour is termed ABC Behaviour Analysis.
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