Study to Assess the Knowledge on Behavioral Problems of School Children among School Teachers with a View to Develop an Informational Module in Selected Schools at Chhattarpuir, Madya Prdesh

How to cite this paper: V. Janaki | T. Senthil Thirusangu "Study to Assess the Knowledge on Behavioral Problems of School Children among School Teachers with a View to Develop an Informational Module in Selected Schools at Chhattarpuir, Madya Prdesh" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 24566470, Volume-3 | Issue-4, June 2019, pp.157-159, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.c om/papers/ijtsrd23 630.pdf


INTRODUCTION
School age is the period between 6-12 years. Scholars are emerging as creative persons who are preparing for their future role in society. The school years are a time of new achievement and new experiences. Children's individual needs and preferences should be respected. A child, who is productive and engaged in the school experience, whether academic or vocational, is not likely to become atrisk student. A behavioral problem is a departure from normal(acceptable) behavior beyond a point, to the extent behavioral problems can manifest themselves in many ways. There are interchangeable terms for behavior disorders-disruptive behavior disorder, conduct disorders, emotional disorders, and emotional disturbances.
A teacher is a person who provides students direct classroom teaching, or classroom-type teaching in a nonclassroom setting. Teachers play an influencing role in development of personality. Listening to child's problems is an important skill of a teacher. The early detection and treatment of children with behavioral problems at an early age may reduce treatment costs and improve quality of life of those children. Teachers are the persons who are caring the school going children for a long time with them in schools when comparing to their parents. So school teachers should have adequate knowledge regarding early identification of behavioral problems of school children which will promote the behavioral status of the children. So the researchers are interested to assess the existing knowledge of school teachers regarding behavioral problems of school children. So in this study we are assessing the knowledge on behavioral problems of school children among school teachers by providing an informational module regarding behavioral problems of school children.

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To assess the knowledge on behavioral problems of school children among school teachers. 2. To associate the level of knowledge on behavioral problems of school children among school teachers with the selected demographic variables Hypotheses H0: There is no significant relationship between the level of knowledge and the selected demographic variables of school teachers.

METHODS AND MATERIALS
Descriptive research design was adopted for this study. The population for the study includes school teachers who are handling the students in the age group between 6-12 years. The sample selected for the present study was 60 school teachers who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The study settings were Government High School, CHHATTARPUIR, and MADYA PRDESH. Purposive sampling technique was adopted for the study.

Description of the intervention
Before starting data collection, researcher obtained permission from the Principal in Government Smart Primary School, Chhattarpuir, and Madhya Pradesh. Investigator introduced her to the School teacher and developed professional therapeutic relationship with them. The data was collected through the self structured questionnaire is used to assess the knowledge of behavioral problem of school children, among school teachers.

Data analysis
The data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. The descriptive statistical analysis was done in terms of mean and percentage distribution for the selected demographic variables of school teachers and the inferential statistical analysis was done to associate with the knowledge on behavioral problems of school teachers.

RESULTS
The

DISCUSSION
This study was conducted to assess the knowledge on behavioral problems of school children among school teachers with a view to develop an informational module in selected schools at puducherry. Descriptive research design was adopted for this study. The population for the study includes school teachers who are handling the students in the age group between 6-12 years. The sample selected for the present study was 60 school teachers who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The study settings were Government High School, CHHATTARPUIR, and MADYA PRDESH. Purposive sampling technique was adopted for the study. The data was collected through the self structured questionnaire is used to assess the knowledge of behavioral problem of school children, among school teachers.
The first objective of the study is to assess the knowledge on behavioral problems of school children among school teachers. The present study shows that 15 [25%] of school teachers having moderately adequate knowledge and 45[75%] of them have inadequate knowledge and none of the school teachers had adequate knowledge regarding behavioral problems of school children among school teachers. The mean and standard deviation of the study is 14.02 +4.26.
The second objective of the study is to associate the level of knowledge on behavioral problems of school children among school teachers with the selected demographic variables. The association of the level of knowledge among school teachers on behavioral problems with selected demographic variables reveals that none of the demographic variables are non significant with the P value < 0.05.

CONCLUSION
The conclusion of the present study was shows that not even a single teacher is having an adequate knowledge and majority of them had inadequate knowledge regarding behavioral problems of school children among school teachers. This shows that knowledge of school teachers regarding behavioral problem were poor, so there is a need to improve the knowledge of school teachers about behavioral problem of school children. So health education for school teachers regarding behavioral problems emphasize for the early identification of behavioral problem.