Enhancing Psychosocial Development of Children with Special Needs through Emotional Intelligence

The psychosocial development is highly essential for any individual for the smooth functioning of the self as well as with respect to social context. Even though emotional intelligence is not a new concept which has been used by the psychologists and other school psychology professionals in the regular schools since few decades, very less importance is given to the emotional aspects of the children with special needs in the inclusive set ups where they are integrated along with normal peers. This paper discusses the responsibility of the regular teachers in meeting the diverse emotional and social needs of children with disabilities in inclusive setups. This paper is an attempt to analyze how psychosocial development can be enhanced using emotional intelligence among the children with special needs. It also suggests about few practices in school psychology that can successfully meet the heterogeneous needs of children with disabilities and empower them in terms psychosocial development.