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BACKGROUND: Behavioral disorders of children lead to abnormality in their Personality, emotions or behavior, which is dangerous and affect to him, family and society. Behavioral disorders are caused by multiple factors like faulty parental attitude, inadequate family environment (broken families, low socio economic status, lack of love and affection), mentally and physically sick or handicapped, influence of social relationship, influence of mass media, and influence of social change. In worldwide, the prevalence rate of behavioral disorders is 16% and 12.3% conduct disorder, 9.6% attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, 8.4% emotional disorders, 0.5% scholastic disorders, 1.8% adjustment disorder, 1.3% pervasive developmental disorder.26 In India, the prevalence rate of behavioral problems is 43.1% and 14.5% conduct disorder, 29.7% attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, 12.5% emotional disorder, 7.1% scholastic disorders, 2% adjustment disorder, 9.5% pervasive developmental disorder. METHODS: Quantitative research approach and Pre experimental research design was utilized to assess the adequacy of structured teaching programme. 300 primary school teacher selected by non probability convenient sampling method. RESULTS and CONCLUSION: Majority of the respondents (95%) had scores underneath 18 and just 5% had scores between 19-23 and none of them had scores over 23 in pre-test. Whereas majority of subjects (91.66%) had scores going between 24-30 in post-test while in the pre-test none of them had scored over 23. The mean improvement in knowledge score was 11.74. The calculated paired t value was t = 29.088 was found to be statistically significant at P < 0.001 level.