COVID-19: DSEJ organises first of its kind webinar on 'Emotional & Behavioural Issues in Children'

5 Dariya News

Jammu 20-Jun-2020

Directorate of School Education, Jammu, organised a first of its kind webinar on the topic 'Emotional and Behavioural Issues in Children' in view of the stress and anxiety among the students in particular and public in general due to COVID-19 lockdown.Director School Education Jammu, Anuradha Gupta, was the chief guest on the occasion while Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Associate Professor Applied Psychology at GIATM University, Dr. Deepa Mohan, was the key resource person in the webinar which laid special emphasis on Suicide Prevention.The webinar was also live-streamed on Facebook page on Counselling cell DSEJ which benefitted thousands of participants across various sections of the society and students.Anuradha Gupta said that during this lockdown period the children are facing stress, anxiety and other such issues which is a matter of grave concern. “Parents must be in a position to assess the early warning signals and address the issues timely,” she added.Professor Arti Bakshi, Head Department of Psychology, University of Jammu, appreciated the efforts of DSEJ for organising a webinar on such a relevant topic. She said the webinar would create awareness among students, teachers and parents helping them in dealing with various emotional and behavioural issues in the present challenging times.

Dr. Deepa Mohan expressed her gratitude towards DSEJ for organising the webinar for students of J&K at such a crucial juncture when their results are getting declared and are facing a strange situation of lockdown. She discussed the problems being faced by the children, emotional disturbances, behavioural disturbances, identification of such children, specific warning signs about children having suicidal tendencies and role of school in suicide prevention.Highlighting the suicide prevention strategy, she advised, “Decrease criticism, Increase Appreciation. Avoid comparison of child with peers or siblings and always appreciate the effort, not the result of the child.” She further suggested that the DSEJ should have atleast one counsellor in every school for diagnosis of psychological problems of children.The session was followed by Q&A session moderated by Head counselling cell, Romesh Kumar, in which participants put up various questions to the key resource person.Meanwhile, queries on Facebook were addressed by  Ravneet Kour, Child and Adolescent Psychologist at Nurture and Cherish, Delhi, who was also one of the panelist for today’s webinar. Besides, Shria Abrol, RCI certified counsellor at Jodhamal Public School and Divya Duheta, Life Skills Trainer, author and coach also answered the queries on Facebook.