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Providing care and comfort to the child is most important responsibility. The need for accuracy in providing comfort to children is greater than that of an adult. As this has become quite a norm, many of them are neither as aware nor as concerned as they should be of the ill effects of this practice on their health. At a certain point, they are bound to complaint about extreme pain on their backs, shoulders, and neck muscles because of slouching or straining for long period of time. Major findings of the study: According to age of the school children of selected school, 60% of them were from age group 9-11 years and 40% from the 12-14 years of age. 56.67% of school children were male child and 43.33% were female child. None of them were from urban area and all 100% were from the rural area 58.33% of the school children of selected school answered yes and 58.33% of them answered no to the question do you have neck pain.to the question do you have knowledge regarding exercises for neck pain, 5% ofthe school children of selected school answered yes and 95.00% of them answered no. As per the source of knowledge 100% answered that the source of knowledge was relatives. At the time of pre-test, assessment of the practice regarding exercises to supportspine and prevent neck pain among school children of selected school, all 100% of school children got the remark try harder. Average practice score at the time of pre-test was 11.81 with standard deviationof 1.09. The minimum score of practice was 10 with maximum score of 15. At the time of post-test, assessment of the practice regarding exercises to support spine and prevent neck pain among school children of selected school, 75% of school children were in the group doing great and 25% of them were in the winner group. Average practice score at the time of pre-test was 34.90 with standard deviationof 0.87. The minimum score of practice was 32 with maximum score of 36. At the time of pre-test, assessment of the practice regarding exercises to support spine and prevent neck pain among school children of selected school, all 100% of school children got the remark try harder. Average practice score at the time of pre-test was 11.81 with standard deviationof 1.09. The minimum score of practice was 10 with maximum score of 15.At the time of post-test, assessment of the practice regarding exercises to support spine and prevent neck pain among school children of selected school, 75% of school children were in the group doing great and 25% of them were in the winner group. Average practice score at the time of pre-test was 34.90 with standard deviationof 0.87. The minimum score of practice was 32 with maximum score of 36. The comparisons of the pre-test and post-test means of the practice were done by the paired t test. The pre-test average score was 11.81 with standard deviation of 1.09. The post-test average score was 34.90 with standard deviation of 0.87. The test statistics value of the paired t test was 130.6 with p value 0.00.The p value less than 0.05, hence null hypothesisisrejected. That meansthere is significant difference in pre and post-test practice. Conclusion: From the study finding it is concluded that video assisted teaching on practice regarding exercises to support spine and prevent neck pain among school children of selected school was effective. However, the effect of exercises to support spine and prevent neck pain need to be explored further. Key words: effectiveness, video assisted teaching, practice, exercise, prevent, pain, school children