Child Wellbeing, City Montessori School, Lucknow, India

About us

“If a child is to keep his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.” - Rachel Carson

CMS Child Wellbeing Department is the brain child of our Respected Founder-Director and Child Psychologist Dr Bharti Gandhi, and our President Prof. Geeta Gandhi Kingdon. For ‘Making Every Child Good and Smart’, the Child Wellbeing Department was created with the appointment of school counsellors in every campus of CMS.

This department seeks to create an environment for spiritual, moral as well as social development of the child so that she/he feels safe, happy and secure in life. It further empowers the students to deal effectively with their everyday challenges by providing counselling services and life skill training on regular basis.

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Child Well being

We at CMS believe that wellbeing is about children being confident, healthy and happy. Children desire to be loved, valued, respected, cared for and included. We feel that wellbeing is also an important element of overall student success. Students cannot achieve high academically if they feel unsafe and unhappy. They cannot be expected to reach their full potential if they have mental health issues and if we do not provide the support they need. And they cannot be their best if they are not motivated to adopt a healthy, active lifestyle, both in and outside of school.

Workshops & Training

12/1/2022 Session with parents conducted on Mental Health/Character Education on parent orientation day.

Clinical psychologist, Ms. Sawani Gupta conducted on Internet and mobile phone addiction among students.

On World Mental Health day (10 October), session with the staff of Junior section in context with the meaning and need to take care of our mental health. The session was extended to ways of enhancing happiness quotient by understanding the concept and ways of enhancing happiness hormones.

Workshop on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Moral Teaching- Its Importance for students and staff members.

CUET workshop

Webinar on "Well-being and Safety of Children" organized by Project CACA in collaboration with Uttar Pradesh State Legal Services Authority and Lucknow District Legal Services Authority* Date: Wednesday, 16th November 2022*

Wellness Session with Teachers on “The Power of Prayers” at Anand Nagar Campus.

Child Well-being Survey and Research

To buttress the process of Child Wellbeing at CMS, a survey for all students of classes 7th to 12th is conducted annually. The findings of the Child Wellbeing Survey are analyzed in detail by Professor Geeta Gandhi Kingdon, President and Managing Director (MD), CMS and Professor Nita Gandhi Forouhi, MRC Epidemiology Unit, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge. The 2017 survey’s findings were discussed in detail on 31st September, 2017 with the CMS School Counsellors. Professor Nita Gandhi Forouhi, highlighted the various behavioural and psychological trends of our students revealed in the survey. The survey analysis gave some really amazing results worth consideration. It gave an insight of the students’ behavioral patterns, food habits, health and hygiene, nutrition, exercise, experincecne of bullying, internet usage, social media time expenditure, etc and the findings were presented by gender, age, domestic arrangement (living with both parents versus living with a single parent), etc.

The survey gave our counsellors insights in to the various aspects of the well-being of their students (for whose Counselling they’re responsible). The in-depth analysis helped the Counsellors to know the actual condition/status of the pupil in their respective campuses and plan their actions accordingly, to ensure the wellbeing of the children. By the help of the survey, the counsellors could easily identify the target points and thus take necessary remedial actions. The survey will be carried out yearly.

Our Services

Individual Counselling

We provide an open, supportive and confidential environment to the students to address the issues that are of concern to them. Through this unique process between a counsellor and a student we aim to help him/her to gain an understanding about his/her own behaviour and promote development of skills for dealing with difficulties associated with personal, academic and social life. This process works on the basis of trust and confidentiality.

Group Counselling

Students with similar experiences/issues are addressed together, where each group member contributes in some way, listening and talking to others. This group interaction provides an opportunity to build relationships and receive interpersonal feedback about each other’s experiences. This process helps them to gain specific skills and strategies to meet personal challenges and gain support and encouragement from others.

Parental Counselling

The school offers parental counselling to reduce the stress level and to increase the sense of confidence in parents. Parental counselling helps the parents in identifying and expressing feelings for their child when they interact with him/her. They learn new parenting skills and behavior management strategies.

Family Counselling

City Montessori School always places great importance on the family, with a number of initiatives each year to bring the school and the family closer together. A child needs the support of the entire family to live a happy and healthy life. At times family counselling is given to strengthen the relationship between the family members and the child.

Training on Life Skills

It is our endeavor to focus on cultivating life skills. Life skills are abilities for adaptive and positive behavior that enable us to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life. They are a set of human skills acquired via teaching or through direct experience and are used to handle problems and questions commonly encountered in daily human life. They aid individuals to develop into active and productive members of their communities.