It was a sad day for the entire school when one of my class mates
committed suicide. The reason behind the tragedy was that he had failed
in his math exam. He was a studious student and nobody could make it out
how it happened. Later, the school authority took a stern decision and
made it mandatory for the students to consult the psychologists before
the commencement of the exams. They had even appointed full time
psychologists in school. There are many students who are introverts and
find it difficult to share their problems with anybody, even their
parents and siblings. And, many of the students are victims of
depression, which is a mental disorder. Such students get depressed
without any reason, and need to be asked often if they are facing any
kind of problem in their lives.School psychologists are the same
psychologists that we find in clinics or to whom we go to consult
anything regarding any sort of psychological issues. School psychologists
deal basically with educational psychology in order to detect and treat
the learning and behavioral problems of the children and the adolescents.
These types of psychologists are trained in psychology, education, child
and adolescent development, family and parenting practices, learning
theories, & personality theories and child and adolescent
psychopathology. They are educated to bring out psycho educational
assessment and counseling, and consultation in the ethical and
administrative codes of the profession.School psychology came into
existence in the late 17th and early 21st centuries during the beginning
of the Italian psychology. The field of school psychology is related to
both clinical and functional psychology. Though, the concept of school
psychology emerged from functional psychology, School psychologists
mainly concentrate on the behaviors of children, their learning process
and their dysfunctional lives. Their treatment would involve finding out
the causes of their behaviors on the learning process. The main motto of
both clinical and school psychologists was to improve the mental health
of the children. School psychologists are not only veterans in psychology
but also in education. They consult and deal with the social, emotional,
educational and behavioral problems that many children, adolescents and
even youths experience. The job prospects of school psychologists in
India are less than that in the United States. But these days, Indian
schools are also opting for school psychologists to prevent children from
taking any drastic measures and resorting to any kind of crime. In India
the facility of consulting a psychologist is still not a very
approachable act, but now most private and International schools are
making it mandatory for their students identified with behavioral
problems. It is compulsory for them to consult with the psychologists
before the commencement of the exam session. Though it has been proved
that the concept of appointing psychologists in the schools has helped
the children and their parents a lot but it is also the responsibility of
the parents and the teachers to keep a watch over the children and talk
to them in a friendly manner.