Ppt on child guidance clinic

Swaroopa Beulah Perumalla

1. CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC BY A. SWAROOPA, MSC (Nursing)

2. INTRODUCTION THE FIRST CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC WAS STARTED IN CHICAGO IN 1990. THEY HAVE GROWN IN NUMBER THROUGH OUT THE WORLD. THE FIRST CGC WAS STARTED IN INDIA IN 1939 AT THE TATA INSTITUTE MUMBAI.

3. DEFINITION: CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC ARE SPECIALIZED CLININCS THAT DEAL WITH CHILDREN OF NORMAL AND ABNORMAL INTELLIGENCE, EXHIBITING A RANGE OF BEHAVIORS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS WHICH ARE SUMMED UP AS MALADJUSTMENTS.

4. OBJECTIVES: THE CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC IS TO PREVENT CHILDREN FROM THE POSSIBILITIES OF BECOMING NEUROTICS AND PSYCHOTICS IN LATER LIFE. PROVIDING COUNSELLING AND GUIDANCE TO PARENTS. PROVING HELP FOR CHILDREN WITH BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS, LEARNING DIFFICULTIES.

5. PROVIDING HELP FOR CHILDREN WITH BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS. LIKE PICA, BED WETTING (NOCTURNAL ENURESIS), SLEEP WALKING (SOMNAMBULISM), BREATH HOLDING SPELLS, TEPER TANTRUMS, HABITS(THUMB SUCKING, NAIL BITING, HEAD BANGING, TEETH GRINDING, STAMMERING, AUTISM, DRUG ABUSE AND SCHOOL PHOBIA.

6. SCHOOL REFUSALS, SCHOOL WITHDRAWL OR SCHOOL ABSENTISMS. CHILDREN WHO HAVE MENTAL RETARDATION, LEARNINGDISABILITIES BEHAVIOURALPROBLEMS:LYING,STEALING, AGGRESIVENESS,DESTRUCTIVENESS, DISOBEDIANCE,OVER ACTIVITY.

7. EMOTIONAL & MOOD DISORDERS EX: DEPRESSION, SCHOOL REFUSALS,FEARS. ADJUSTMENT REACTIONS EX: SCHOOL RELATED PROBLEMS, GRIEF. DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS. EX: AUTISM BED WETTING AND SOILING. INTELECTUAL DEFICIT.

8. SCHOOL LEGAL ISSUES AND PROBLEMS EX: SEXUAL OFENCES, CHILD ABUSE, AND HEAD INJURIES. NEUROSES (ANXIETY, PHOBIAS, OBSESSIONS). PSYCHOTICDISORDER (SCHIZOPHRENIA).

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10. PSYCHIATRIST CLINICAL PATHOLOGIST EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORKER PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES PEDIATRICIAN PSYCHOLOGIST TEAM MEMBERS: MULTI DICIPLINANARY TEAM COMPRISING OF A

11. SPEECH THERAPIST SOCIAL WORKER NURSES TEACHERS OCCUPATIONALTHERAPIST NEUROLOGIST THE PSYCHIATRIST IS THE CENTRAL FIGURE WHO DOES THE CORRECT DIAGNOSIS AND FORMULATING THE LINE OF TREATMENT.

12. THE TEAM MEETS REGULARLY ONCE IN 2 WEEKS. SCREENS ALL THE CHILDREN EARLY STIMULATION GIVES A PROGRAMME FOR THE CHILDREN WHO HAVE NOT BEEN INTERVENED FOLLOW-UP REINFORCES BY TRAINING THE CARETAKERS.

13. SERVICES PROVIDED AT CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC ARE PEDIATRICIAN TAKES CARE OF THE PHYSICAL HEALTH OF THE CHILD. THE PSYCHIATRIST IS THE CENTRAL FIGURE AND IS HELPED BY OTHERS IN ARRIVING AT A CORRECT DIAGNOSIS AND FORMULATING THE LINE OF TREATMENT.

14. THE CORE OF THE THERAPY IS PSYCHO THERAPY INORDER TO RESTORE POSITIVE FEELINGS OF SECURITY IN THE CHILD. INORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS MANY METHODS ARE EMPLOYED.

15. EG:MEDICAL TREATMENT INDIVIDUAL PSYCHO THERAPY FAMILY AND MARITAL THERAPY BEHAVIOUR AND COGNITIVE THERAPY OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY GROUP THERAPY PLAY THERAPY COUNSELLING SUGESSIONS CHANGE IN THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT RECONSTRUCION OF PARENTAL ATTITUDES ETC .

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