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Urszula Szybowicz

The child returns to school - how to support them?

MedExpress Team

Urszula Szybowicz

Published Sept. 5, 2022 10:32

September is a month when many parents come to see psychological help with their children. Does this mean that during the holidays there were no problems or we did not want to see them? We asked prof. Ewa Mojs, chairman of the Scientific Council of the Nie Widać Po Me Foundation.
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As adults, we should start with "securing" children with special educational or other needs (resulting, for example, from a chronic disease), which require a special approach to successfully master the school material.
Secondly, there are parents with children who have difficulties in adapting to school, difficulties in separating from their parents, problems in establishing peer relationships, coping with the assessment of the situation, etc. These are matters of the initial stage of education.
In addition, children report problems that begin to show up at a slightly later stage of education, i.e. peer problems, but also topics related to the student-teacher relationship. These are also matters that were "postponed" and are now increasing with redoubled force. Children sometimes hear the messages "you do not learn", "you download", "you will not get anywhere in life", "you will not make a career with such behavior", etc. These are messages that reduce the value and certainly do not build the proper behavior of the student. In addition, there are a lot of problems in the form of somatoforms - abdominal pain, headaches, vomiting. Then, both pediatric and psychological consultations are needed. It may then turn out that the source of these difficulties is stress and difficulties in the child's functioning in the school environment. Finally, psychological help is needed when we observe symptoms of depression, anxiety or behavioral addictions in children. In short, there is something to do.
Psychologists diagnose not only the occurrence of disorders, but also investigate the causes of these difficulties. They diagnose the environment: home and school, where the factors responsible for the formation of symptoms or their maintenance may be active. This in-depth diagnosis is needed to plan and implement effective interventions.
It should also be remembered that there is a need for a very close cooperation between the family and the school - the educator, educator/school psychologist. It is also worth adding that working with children and their environment in most cases is of a long-term nature. It often requires work for several months.
Of course, prevention is better than cure. Therefore, we should think about comprehensive and comprehensive preventive measures at school. This school environment should be supportive, activating, but also safe.

Parents, in turn, should build a positive motivation to learn (it's fun to learn and learn new things), they should support the child when they encounter difficulties - we do not confuse supporting with doing things out! Let's try, regardless of all the turmoil, that the school has authority.

We all commit ourselves to be mindful of children, their moods and behavior, so as to catch potential difficulties in the initial stages. It will then be easier to deal with them.
Best wishes and good luck!

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