Background: Emotional and behavioral problems are a common concern of parents. The types of problems often differ by the age of the child, and include a wide variety of issues such as conduct problems, aggression, anti-social behavior, anxiety, depression, and substance use. Research indicates that emotional and behavioral problems in early childhood tend to continue into middle childhood and adolescence and may predict later social and academic problems or other difficulties such as substance use. Aims and objectives: The study aimed at assessing the knowledge of Parents regarding emotional and behavioral problem of Children, evaluate the effectiveness of Structure Teaching Programme on childhood emotional and behavioral problem and find out association between pretest knowledge score and selected demographic variables. Material and Methods: A one group pre-test post-test pre-experimental design and evaluative approach was adopted. The study was conducted among 50 parents conveniently selected from two villages from Rajnandgaon District. Results: The results of the study shows that in pre test 56% (28) were having good knowledge, 44% (22) need for improvement. after taking planned teaching program knowledge score were found in post test 70% (35) were having excellent knowledge and 30% (15) were having good knowledge about childhood emotional and behavioural problems. The effectiveness of planned teaching program on knowledge regarding childhood emotional and behavioral problem among parents and significant difference between pre test and post test knowledge score is evaluated by calculating t value 2.33, D.F (49) is greater than table value (2.02) at the 0.05 level of significance. So these finding shows there will be significant difference between pre test and post test knowledge regarding emotional and behavioral problem among parents. There was association between knowledge with selected sociodemographic variables was found that was calculated by Chi-square analysis. There is significant association between source of information and knowledge score was found. The association as the calculated chi square value is 7.92 (df 3) is greater than table value 7.82 at 0.05 level of significance. Conclusion: This study concluded that structure teaching program is effective tools to improve the knowledge of parents regarding emotional and Behavioural Problems of Children.

Keywords: Assess; Effectiveness; Knowledge; Structured teaching programme; Selected common emotional and behavioral problems of children; Parents.