Ear
lyDepr
ivat
ion
Allchi ldren hav e some basi c physicaland psy chol ogicalneeds.
Fulfil
mentoft heseneedsi si mportantf ortheirov eralland opt imal
dev el
opment .Whenchi l
drenaredepri
v edoft heseneeds,i taffect
st heir
phy si
cal,emot i
onal .socialand ment aldev el
opment .These chi ldren
often dr opoutorf ailin schoolbecause oft he nat ure ofschool
exper i
encest heyunder go.Iti
s,ther
efore,importanttopr ov i
det hem with
af avour ablelearningatmospher einschoolandneed- basededucat i
on
thati sr elevantf orthesechi l
dreninor dert omaket hem gr ow into
effecti
veandopt imal l
yfuncti
oningadults.
Needsofgr
owi
ngchi
ldr
eni
ncl
ude:
Physi
calneeds-Pr
operf
ood,Cl
othi
ng,Pr
otect
ionf
rom pai
n,Si
ckness,
Ti
met opl
ay
Psychologicalneeds-Tobeaccept edasauniquei
ndi
vidual
,Emotional
sat
isfacti
on, Const ant r
eassur
ance, Af
fect
ion hel
p i n regul
ati
ng
emotionalr esponses,Hel
pi naccepti
nghisorherownsex,Hel pin
l
earni
nghowt obehavewit
hotherpeopl
e
Educati
onalneeds-Educati
onthatdoesnotarousefear,Hel
pinstudies
warm andunderstandingat
mosphereathomeandi nschool,Senseof
achi
evement,Encouragementf
ornew lear
ning,Educati
ont omeetlif
e's
chal
lenges
DEPRI
VATI
ONANDI
TSCONSEQUENCES
Whati
sdepr
ivat
ion?
Depr
ivat
ioni
swhatachi
l
dneedst
ohav
ebuti
sunabl
etohav
e.
Physi
calDepri
vat
ion,
chi
ldr
eninmanyf ami
li
esdonotgetnut rit
iousf
ood
toeatwil
lbeweakandmaysuf f
erfrom malnutr
it
ion,i
llheal
th,andmay
becomepr onetoinf
ect
ionanddiseasewhi chwillinturnaffectt
hei
r
physi
calf
uncti
oni
nganddevel
opment .
Ther ecanal sobesoci aldepr i
vati
on,whichhasbeenequat edwith
"f
ailuret o provide opportunit
yt o have experi
ence" ,"defi
cienci
es in
experiences and condi ti
ons inl ear
ning"
,"insuffi
cientsatisfacti
on of
basic psy chologicalneeds'l i
ke love,af fect
ion and a sense of
belongingness; andacondi ti
oninwhi chcert
ainexternal(envir
onment al
)
andi nter
nal(phy sical
)factorsmer getonarrowaper son'sbehav i
ouror
lyDepr
ivat
ion
Allchi ldren hav e some basi c physicaland psy chol ogicalneeds.
Fulfil
mentoft heseneedsi si mportantf ortheirov eralland opt imal
dev el
opment .Whenchi l
drenaredepri
v edoft heseneeds,i taffect
st heir
phy si
cal,emot i
onal .socialand ment aldev el
opment .These chi ldren
often dr opoutorf ailin schoolbecause oft he nat ure ofschool
exper i
encest heyunder go.Iti
s,ther
efore,importanttopr ov i
det hem with
af avour ablelearningatmospher einschoolandneed- basededucat i
on
thati sr elevantf orthesechi l
dreninor dert omaket hem gr ow into
effecti
veandopt imal l
yfuncti
oningadults.
Needsofgr
owi
ngchi
ldr
eni
ncl
ude:
Physi
calneeds-Pr
operf
ood,Cl
othi
ng,Pr
otect
ionf
rom pai
n,Si
ckness,
Ti
met opl
ay
Psychologicalneeds-Tobeaccept edasauniquei
ndi
vidual
,Emotional
sat
isfacti
on, Const ant r
eassur
ance, Af
fect
ion hel
p i n regul
ati
ng
emotionalr esponses,Hel
pi naccepti
nghisorherownsex,Hel pin
l
earni
nghowt obehavewit
hotherpeopl
e
Educati
onalneeds-Educati
onthatdoesnotarousefear,Hel
pinstudies
warm andunderstandingat
mosphereathomeandi nschool,Senseof
achi
evement,Encouragementf
ornew lear
ning,Educati
ont omeetlif
e's
chal
lenges
DEPRI
VATI
ONANDI
TSCONSEQUENCES
Whati
sdepr
ivat
ion?
Depr
ivat
ioni
swhatachi
l
dneedst
ohav
ebuti
sunabl
etohav
e.
Physi
calDepri
vat
ion,
chi
ldr
eninmanyf ami
li
esdonotgetnut rit
iousf
ood
toeatwil
lbeweakandmaysuf f
erfrom malnutr
it
ion,i
llheal
th,andmay
becomepr onetoinf
ect
ionanddiseasewhi chwillinturnaffectt
hei
r
physi
calf
uncti
oni
nganddevel
opment .
Ther ecanal sobesoci aldepr i
vati
on,whichhasbeenequat edwith
"f
ailuret o provide opportunit
yt o have experi
ence" ,"defi
cienci
es in
experiences and condi ti
ons inl ear
ning"
,"insuffi
cientsatisfacti
on of
basic psy chologicalneeds'l i
ke love,af fect
ion and a sense of
belongingness; andacondi ti
oninwhi chcert
ainexternal(envir
onment al
)
andi nter
nal(phy sical
)factorsmer getonarrowaper son'sbehav i
ouror
