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Satyendra Kumar Tyagi
Dr. Tandon
Differentially abled may be either physical, mental or both. A physical differentially abled is a physical or mental disability making participation in certain of the usual activities of daily living more difficult. Physical differentially abled may cause various degrees of weaknesses and inco ordination of the limbs which may affect mobility, posture and manual dexterity. Other physical problems such as heart diseases may cause poor exercise tolerance and low level of physical fitness. Differentia lly abled children’s are not only exploited in the society and sometime at their home but also at their school, which should rather provide a better shelter where they can sense a supporting as well as a learning environment. Thus a study was conducted to assess the level of psychosocial adjustment of differentially able children in special schools with a view to develop and provide counseling. The study consisted of 50 disabled children and the sample was selected by using random sampling technique. The Socio- demographic data was collected by using structured interview schedule and structured questionnaire was used to assess the psycho -social adjustment. The resultsshowed that at severe level ( 0 to 8) pre test frequency was 5 (10%) and post test was 0 (0%). At moderate level (9 to 17) pre test frequency was 44 (88%) and post test was 16 (32%). At mild level (18 to25) pre test frequency was 1 (2%) and post test was 34 (68%).The findings showed that post test adjustment score was higher than the pre tes t knowledge score for psycho-social adjustment. Therefore physically differentially abled children need re -orientation and education regarding psycho-social adjustments .The counseling was effective therefore individual counseling was given. Counseling will serve as a reference material in schools fordifferentially abled.
Keywords: Psycho-social adjustment, Differentially Able, Special School, Counseling