We teachers realize, according to the student's behavior, what their emotional and physical state is like and many times we have identified children and adolescents with depression problems since their behavior shows this problem through the , sadness and discouragement they present in the school space.
Children who suffer from depressive disorders always manifest it at school because they are disconnected from what is being transmitted in the classroom and they pay little attention to what is explained, that is, they have no interest in their school activities.
The disorders that usually suffer from many adults and that we did not believe could influence our children are currently a reality in them because the situations that are around them also affect their emotional and physical state.
As teachers when we look at depression in a child we feel very sad and immediately we take the regular channels with their parents and representatives to alert them of this situation since we know that in that state they cannot concentrate or perform in their teaching-learning process
As teachers, too we try to ensure that each child's network expresses itself and interacts with the rest of the class in the same way we try that in this interaction, in this coming into contact, social behavioral norms are generated so that the classroom is produce a maximum of freedom of expression combined with exquisite respect, and to that extent we detect the strengths as well as the limitations that they present throughout the process.
All this because we consider the formation of a boy or girl who acquires applies, processes and produces information in a clear and coherent way
In this sense, when the opposite occurs in our students, we must quickly turn on the alarm.
Currently depression is not only a disease of adults but also this disease is invading the lives of many children and parents must be alert to detect them early.
Children are normally playful, restless, noisy, affectionate, they express their emotions and feelings very directly, and when their behavior is distant from these characteristics, something is happening and parents should be alert to this type of situation that could seriously affect moral and social development psychological of their lives since some parents associate it with other types of incorrect situations
Many think that children have no reason or age to enter depressive disorders, however, recent statistics show us the opposite, because every day we look at and detect children with alarming depressive disorders.
Recent research shows that 2% of children and 4-8% of adolescents have depression. Depression is a pathology that, in turn, seems to be accelerating your rise as a cause of hospital admission. On the other hand, in the third FAROS Notebook "Behavioral disorders in childhood and adolescence: What is happening?" it is specified that in children diagnosed with conduct disorders the depression rates can be between 15% and 31%.
Actually, many children show sadness for some adverse situations in their environment and this could be normal within their human condition and this can occur in different stages that can be quickly detected by their parents according to the situations present in their home, however these are not They can be durable because when it occurs for a long time associated with other types of present characteristics then we are talking about depressive disorders which must be attended to with a specialist as quickly as possible
It is important to point out that children who suffer from this type of disorder are affected daily in all the activities they carry out in all the actions they have access to, such as friends in the family at school since their emotional state is irritable and their attitudes are reactive to an external event
When should parents be concerned about their children's actions regarding this disease?
As I pointed out in the previous comments, a child who is in good health will always be playful and nightingale but there are behaviors that have to attract the attention of their parents, for example, in the case of depressive disorders, the child begins to show negative behaviors that vary according to his personality and age, among which the following can be mentioned:
Their behavior is generally going to be irritable or in many cases sad and quiet, in other cases grumpy because of everything they feel anger and helplessness.
Loss of interest in games at home or with friends and little by little they stop practicing the things that previously seemed favorite among their favorite games
Loss of interest in school and scheduled activities
It is also important to note that depressive disorders rapidly influence the immune system of children causing changes in appetite and sleep can decrease or produce excess.
In the same way it affects the psychomotor state presenting excessive difficulty and restlessness or in some cases they have a procedural decrease in the rhythm or speed of movement as well as tiredness and loss of energy
In this order of ideas, children with depressive disorders initially present these conditions, among others, which can gradually accelerate if not attended to in time, causing very unfortunate effects.
In addition to medical care, there is nothing more effective for a depressed child than a hug and if it is from mom, dad or his teacher, it is much more effective.
Hugs Regenerate Fosters Encouragement and Confidence
