child guidance


noun
  1. the reeducation, therapeutic treatment, or study of children with emotional and behavioral problems, conducted by psychologists, teachers, or other trained specialists.

Origin of child guidance

1
First recorded in 1925–30

Words Nearby child guidance

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How to use child guidance in a sentence

  • She has studied neither the child nor her own powers of child guidance.

    Dickens As an Educator | James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes

British Dictionary definitions for child guidance

child guidance

noun
  1. the counselling of emotionally disturbed children

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