Al-Maliki: Mental health is a humanitarian requirement for students
At the outset, Dr. Abdullah bin Omar Al-Maliki, head of education affairs at the Office of Education in Adham Governorate, said: Teacher support for student mental health is a human need and the general health of the individual is not complete without attention to his psychological condition, and the teacher is not only a transmitter of knowledge and information, but is a teacher of psychological and diagnostic adaptation of manifestations and symptoms. as it corrects and treats this disorder to build a balanced personality and thus achieve a high level of mental health and a sense of quality of life in all its mental, emotional, cultural and religious aspects Change the behavior that adapts to each phase, inviting the student to acquire positive social skills, build supportive relationships between him, his peers, teachers and all staff s colastic and satisfying all his psychological needs for love, independence, fun, security, respect and appreciation.
The student should also be encouraged to volunteer and help others raise the level of his or her happiness hormones, which makes the individual high in what he is doing, with professional guidance in choosing the appropriate specialization for his abilities, tendencies and personalities because this will build his professional future and address negative phenomena with scientific methods through programs to promote positive behaviors and discover gifted students and strengthening their strengths in collaboration with other social institutions, especially the family Students with special needs ( mental, auditory, visual, speech disorders, autism) should be identified in collaboration with the student’s tutor and case studies carried out for them. If they are outside their specialty, they are referred to the Student Care Unit for transfer. for the appropriate program.
Observe educational and pedagogical behaviors
Jeddah University faculty member Dr Sami bin Ahmed Khayat believes that the role of the educational institution is complementary to the role of the family at home and the teacher is an educator, guide, mentor and father with his students, and must be proficient in dealing with the various natures and behaviors of students and what they may face on the battlefield of life, taking into account the psychological aspect AND discovering cases that require care and attention and perhaps the intervention of the school administration, and stressed that the teacher-educator has a prominent role in promoting mental health, by observing the educational and pedagogical behaviors of his students, and with his educational skills, he can improve the mental health of students and treat individual cases that he can note, and if he needs an intervention The student advisor or the support of the school management will find everyone who works with him to satisfy are every single case that requires it.
Mental health support with motivation
Dr. Khaled bin Saleh Baghazar, a professor of graduate studies at the University of Minnesota, said, “Mental health is an important factor in students’ superiority, inviting teachers to love students and win their hearts. kind praises, including compliments, you are an excellent hero, you are creative, you are distinguished and others, and these words are easy and simple, but they have a wonderful effect in supporting mental health and some gifts that combine education and entertainment can be used, and the importance of guidance and counseling should not be overlooked for those suffering from educational weakness or psychological communication with the guardian, providing educational and psychological counseling for the benefit of the student, seeking help from mental health specialists and benefiting their experiences in handling cases.
Anger leads to physical and mental illness
Dr. Jaafar bin Khalid Al-Madani, Professor of Educational Psychology at Islamic University, says: Outbursts of anger have spread among students, which female teachers and teachers experience frequently in school life, and we need to pay attention to study. of this emotion, especially in light of this complex era full of subsequent and sudden problems and changes to which a person may not be able to adapt easily, which causes him to fall into a series of frustrations that increase his inability to control his emotions, and anger plays an important role in the direction of the student’s life, as it can push him to change circumstances that hinder his growth and academic progress or prevent him from fulfilling his wishes, and can help him communicate. also to the individual a sense of responsibility, which leads him to correct painful situations and make positive changes, if it is expressed to a moderate extent and appropriate to the situation It has been long and serious and has been expressed in socially unacceptable ways, as it can lead to physical and psychological illnesses, hinder the individual’s thinking and behavior and adversely affect the quality of life. Additionally, it can lead to job obstruction and negatively affect job performance and can cause more serious problems such as drug abuse and possibly suicide. He believed that dealing with and controlling anger was one of the important components in preparing students so that their responses were not aggressive and far from violence, and that improving consensual skills was one of the important factors in achieving mental health.
The modern trend in psychotherapy seeks to strengthen and develop the positive aspects of the client, as holders of positive psychotherapy see that mental health does not only refer to the absence of psychological harm, but also depends on the presence of positive aspects such as feelings. , purposeful life, social cooperation, which is the effect that derives from the educational knowledge that is formed and in the recipient.
The teacher is a psychological factor for the stability of the student
Dr Abdullah Al-Maqati, the teacher at Ajnadayn High School in Makkah Al-Mukarramah, said the school is the second home where male and female students build their personalities after family and the prestigious school is the place. safe for them intellectually, psychologically and physically.
He said: Male and female students at all their academic levels experience psychological fluctuations, some of them physiological due to physical growth, some of which are social and educational, and since the teacher and teacher are the direct process, it is accepted that they appear before their students as role models in mental health, and this requires that they should forget all the psychological conditions they are going through outside of school; Because the student is characterized by high intelligence, and if the role model is missing, then there will be no role in the health support of the students and, from this point of view, teachers must be familiar with the necessary information on the characteristics of the growth of the age range of their students and provide psychological security to students by transferring their life experiences to their students to teach them how to deal with problems that can confront and educate them with the facts of the social, cultural and intellectual life of the community, know the their opinions about them and reinforce the correct ones by correcting the wrong opinions in healthy ways. From trying and repeating and training their students to acquire new behaviors and flexibility in transactions and calculate the reward in building the generations of society.
