A Case Study Of Children's Psychological Deviations And Educational Strategies

Children aged from 3 to 6 is in the key stage of personality forming and mental development.Psychological health developed in preschool stage may significantly influence a person’s whole life.Certain Partial psychological deviation which may happen during a person’s growth can be traced back to his or her childhood.Focusing on children’s mental health and conducting mental health education in priority may play a significant role in individuals lifelong development.The article is about the study of three psychological deviation phenomena including unwilling to kindergarten,often hitting others and crying.1 children were chosen separately as subjects for the case study of children psychological deviation and health education.The article is composed by four major parts,the first of which states relevant concepts and also theoretical basis and design thinking of this study.The second part deeply describes the children’s daily life in kindergarten,peer interaction and typical behavior through observation and interview.The third part is used to explore the root cause of occurrence of psychological deviation happened to children from different levels of children itself,teachers,parents and circumstance:the level of children itself tells the children cognitive limitation,individual difference and inexperience;for teachers’ level,it is about lacking of awareness of children mental health education,educational concept deviation and inappropriateness of educational approaches.the parents level includes cognition absence of children mental health,improper cultivation and divergent educational opinion;The level of circumstance is mainly focusing on material dimension divided into two environments in kindergarten and family,in which the factors of activity space dimension and input of activity materials(type and amount)is applied for kindergarten environment elaboration and on the other hand,family environment is illustrated briefly based upon family atmosphere,parents’ education concern,family emotional communication,and etc.The last part proposes following specific strategies of implementing children mental health education by using the relationship between teachers and children,parents and children and family-kindergarten cooperation as the base point of thinking and practice under the guidance of the ecology of human development theory and the reference of mental health education related theories:1.Establishment of proper children mental health education theory;2.Create a good environment of kindergarten and family;3.Formation of trustiness after creating a relaxed mental environment;4.Promoting peer interaction;5.Improving coordination and interaction between family and kindergarten.