Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program regarding Behavioral and Emotional disorders with Onset usually Occurring in Childhood and Adolescence (F90-F98) on Knowledge among primary school teachers in Schools of selected Area

According to the World Health Report, 15% of children have a serious emotional disturbance. Epidemiological studies of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders conducted by ICMR indicated the overall prevalence of mental and behavioural disorders in Indian children to be 12.5%. Mental disorders account for 5 of the top 10 leading causes of disability in the world for children above 5 years of age. 3 Besides the increase in the number of children seeking help for emotional problems, over the years, the type of problems has also undergone a tremendous change.

The study was Quantitative research approach in nature. Quasi experimental non randomized control group Design was chosen for this study. The study was conducted among 70(35 experimental and 35 control group) primary school teachers in selected schools of selected in Pune city. It also aimed at find association between pre-test study findings with selected demographic variables by using descriptive and inferential statistics.

Highly statistically significant difference was noticed between before and after structured teaching program regarding behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence (f90-f98) on knowledge among primary school teachers. A significant change was found after the structured teaching program.

Implementation of structured teaching program regarding behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence (f-90-f-98) on knowledge among primary school teachers has a positive effect on improving their knowledge of behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence (f-90-f-98).