Emotional Problems in Children with Special

Needs

Presented By: Saba Riaz (JSET-VIC; GSSEC, BWN)

Course Coordinator: Mam Attia
Mam Iffat Shaheen
Sir Irfan Ashraf
Govt. InService Training College for Disabled Children
Lahore
• Chidren with special needs are characterized
as below:
• Child with Visual impairment
• Child with Hearing impairment
• Child with Physical impairment
• Child with Intellectual Disability
• Children with special needs may experience a
range of emotional problems due to the
challenges they face in various aspects of their
lives. The emotional problems can vary
depending on the specific disability or special
needs a child has, as well as their individual
personality and coping mechanisms
• Some common emotional problems
experienced by children with special needs
include:
• Anxiety • Low self-
• deression esteem

Behavioral Attention
issues difficulties

Sleep Bullying
problems and
Adjustment victimizati
problems on
• Frustration and anger • Sensory
• Social difficulties
problems
 Anxiety
• Children with special needs may feel anxious
about social situations, changes in routine, or
their ability to cope with everyday tasks. This
anxiety can manifest as generalized anxiety,
social anxiety, or specific phobias.
 • Fear of dealing with everything
Generalized
anxiety
• And every time

Social
• Fear of dealing and facing people
anxiety

• Fear of dealing specific things like height,

Specific
phobias
water, close spaces
• feelings of sadness, hopelessness
• lack of interest in activit0ies they once
enjoyed, especially if they face difficulties in
forming friendships or experience a sense of
isolation due to their special needs.
• Struggling with academic or physical tasks
can lead to a negative self-perce0ption,
causing children to feel inadequate or
different from their peers, leading to low self-
esteem.
 Frustration and anger
Difficulty in
communication

Frustration
and anger
Difficulty
in
mobility

and this frustration and anger increase when the child faces
challenges that they cannot easily overcome.
 Social difficulties
• Some children with special needs may find it
challenging to navigate social situations,
leading to difficulties in forming friendships
and feeling socially excluded.
Challenge
Difficulty Feeling
in
in more
navigation forming
of social friendship socially
situations
s excluded
• Sometimes children with special needs trust
others easily and could fall prey to
inappropriate company as like other children.
Behavioral issues

Tantrums

Aggression
Self injurious behavior
and withdrawal from
social interactions
 Attention difficulties

And interact
with others
Which
affects their
Trouble ability to
focusing and learn
maintaining
attention
 Sleep problems
• Some children may experience sleep
disturbances due to anxiety or sensory issues
related to their special needs.
• No sleep
• Excess sleep
• Sleep disturbances
• Sleep walking
• Sleep talking
 Difficulty coping with change
• Many children with special needs thrive on routines,
and changes in routine or environment can cause
significant distress and anxiety.
• Imagine a situation where a child with visual
impairment is shifted to hostel for further education,
his room is on 3rd floor, mess is on ground floor and
he has to take the bus for his routine classes………..
 Bullying and victimization
• Children with special needs could be target of
bullying and victimization and also be
subjected towards harassment and abuse
• In that case, ne vigilant and be their savior
 How to deal????
• How to manage emotional problems?
• School triad
Teache
r

Chil
d
Counselo Parent
r s
• Listen to child’s problem
• Observe him in class, Playground and other
settings
• Gather history of problem
• What is his routine at home and in school?
• To whom he is close ?
• Gather all information, refer to the psychologist
if required and deal the problem immediately.
 Activity
• Share your experience in which you came
across with a child having special needs facing
any of the emotional problems we discussed.
• What you are your colleague did in that
scenario?????
Any question or comments !!!!!!!!!!

THANKYOU