SELF-HELP SKILLS
SELF-HELP SKILLS 4) Social skills: I saw children coping up well with formal education. Many were well accepted at regular schools. I found very few doing well socially. The reasons behind are; We have compartments in our mind set & doing well at school is the most important milestone compulsory for the child to achieve. We want to measure the child and for us the most accurate parameter is SCHOLASTIC PERFORMANCE. We are very much worried and concerned about the academics and forget to inculcate the social skills. We push the child to do better in school and that makes the learning sessions difficult, boring and burdensome. We feel stressed out...we transfer the same to the child... this adds to the difficulties.....learning becomes a hell...the vicious cycle sets in..!!! To express the frustrations child acts rebelliously. Denial, temper tantrums, too much of self-talk, making monotonous sounds, inappropriate social behavior are the outcome. We, as a par...