Poor Academic Performance

Education is closely tied to socioeconomic status, and effective education for children and lifelong learning for adults are key contributors to health and prosperity for individuals, and for the country. Education contributes to health and prosperity by equipping people with knowledge and skills for problem solving, and helps provide a sense of control and mastery over life circumstances. It increases

Tommy R. is a 6-year-old boy and a kindergarten student in a K-8 combined elementary and junior high school in the San Jose greater metropolitan area. There has been a meeting requested by his educational team and parents to talk about his behavior in school and cognitive abilities in the classroom. School staff have been receiving complaints from Tommy’s teacher and classroom staff about not following direction and non-compliance. Tommy also struggles with completing some classroom tasks as well.

In fact, there are still some countries struggling to offer education because they are still in development. Countries in Africa, such as Sudan, are primary victims. According to a research paper, “education is one of the main priorities for the people of South Sudan. As recent studies show, many communities in South Sudan view education as the most important peace dividend.” (Barnaba). After the analysis of school enrollment and completion rates in Sudan, results were rather low. Sudan, a third world country, currently is going through the state of being the most illiterate country in the world. It has placed education as its top priority and may will be finding ways to encourage families to send students.This ultimately has been caused through the poverty of the parents and thus requiring help in supporting the health of the family making education a second priority. Due to that reason, the country is still developing. A huge gap separates the developed countries from the developing countries solely based on the education systems. The paper states, “there is also concern raised on lack of attention to education quality and its failure to reach the marginalized as contributing to the learning crisis”(“Fix the Gaps in Our Education System [column]”). There is a weak management of schooling in many third world countries, which is a primary reason to why they have not developed yet. This is the reason for the gap and

As children all develop at different speeds, a child that struggles at school and has not been identified as having any specific special needs, could suffer from depression thus affecting the child’s development.

If a practitioner see that the child is struggling with certain things, there could be an influence on other areas of development, because as we know each area of development are connected, and practitioner can use special screening programmes what can help the to pick up any areas of difficulty that child maybe suffering.

There are many different types of learning disabilities; the most common ones are dyslexia and attention deficit disorder. (Jerome Rosner. –third ed. 1)

"More than 10% of normal children in primary schools have learning difficulties to some extent" (Holle, 1976). Teachers should try to find the problem the student is having and find them the help they need by consulting with parents or counselors.

Children will come from a diverse range of backgrounds including family environments cultures and circumstances. A child is at school from a very young age to late teens and during this time many families will go through significant changes. Sometimes however schools may not always be aware of these changes. Any one of these happenings may affect their emotional and or intellectual development, this in turn can affect their behaviour in school and therefore their ability to learn. Sometimes it can also affect their physical development, for example some children may development a speech impediment such as a stutter.

Areas of need could be a special learning difficulty such as dyslexia, it could be a behavioural, emotional and social difficulty such as ADHD, a visual or hearing impairment such as blindness or partially deaf. Some children do not show clear signs of any of the above learning difficulties and may not have a clear diagnosis but clearly need support in areas of their learning.

Versyrus is a repeated kindergarten student attending Lake Forest Elementary School of the Arts and Sciences. He is receiving academic direct services with accommodations in an inclusive classroom. Versyrus is a very kind and friendly person who is very sensitive to the needs of his peers. However, he is very kind and friendly, Versyrus will completely shut down when frustrated. His academic strength is reading. He has excelled to the point of being on grade level. According to her i-ready results, Versyrus Test 1 and Test 2 overall scores increased from 338 to 370. He made a 32 point gain. He is on grade level in the areas of high-frequency words, vocabulary and comprehension informational text. He is able to recognize a few level K

This essay will explore how developmental psychology has improved the lives of children diagnosed with specific learning difficulties (SpLD). It will explore how these improvements have been made from diagnosis to assessments, consequences to intervention.

In which cases students that come from disadvantaged homes, have learning difficulties that go away, misses extensive amounts of school and it affects their grade, students with vision impairments, or students that are cognitively below the learning standards and it affects their everyday living. Students must be affected in the areas of speaking, listening, reading, writing, processing, and mathematics.

One cause of lack of education is that the kids in school are not motivated enough to go and try hard in school. Sometimes it could be because of something at home or at school. Some of the problems kids can face at home where they don’t want to try hard in school is if they live with a family that causes bad habits such as drug and alcohol abuse. The families could sell illegal substances and make money so they child may think he does not need an education

Part A - The importance of identifying a problem is of great importance a child that may not be able to talk,hear or even write properly can stop them in moving forward with their work, this can make them fall behind and then impact on there life even more, they may Struggling to be independent have a Sense of isolation as others may not be in this position start to becoming withdrawn and Lack of motivation. They may even start having behavior problems.

Education can bring these individual talents to the surface. Having these talents developed by the way of the educational system, a person is more likely to become a productive member of society. Without these gifts and talents of individuals, answers in the medical, environmental, and social fields could remain mute and unexplored. Education has the responsibilities to bring out the best in each individual. The needs of society are continually changing. Therefore, education must also continue to change in order to productive responsible members of society.