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.

child guidance

noun

1. the counselling of emotionally disturbed children

Word History and Origins

Origin of child guidance¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg