Academic underachievement: A neurodevelopmental perspective
Academic underachievement is a common presenting symptom and has many different causes. The disorders that describe academic underachievement are based on the child’s function in cognitive, academic, or behavioral domains. The disorders that are associated with academic underachievement are final co...
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| description | Academic underachievement is a common presenting symptom and has many different causes. The disorders that describe academic underachievement are based on the child’s function in cognitive, academic, or behavioral domains. The disorders that are associated with academic underachievement are final common pathways that have different etiologies and mechanisms. Multiple disorders are the rule because brain dysfunction in childhood usually affects multiple functions. Consequently, management programs must be individualized, comprehensive and address issues related to the child, school, and family. Treatment plans include parent training, academic accommodations, techniques to maintain self-esteem, and psychopharmacologic approaches. Ongoing monitoring of the management programs is necessary to detect important comorbidities that may emerge, to modify the program to meet the changing academic and social demands that occur as the child ages, and to provide current information. The outcome for children with academic underachievement is most dependent on the underlying disorder. Health providers have multiple roles to play in the prevention, detection, diagnosis and management of children with academic underachievement. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-75c70e52b0cd4dedbb5c331125d854d82022-12-21T18:23:14ZengElsevierRevista Médica Clínica Las Condes0716-86402011-03-0122221121710.1016/S0716-8640(11)70415-1Academic underachievement: A neurodevelopmental perspectiveK. Shapiro Bruce, MD0The Arnold J. Capute, MD, MPH Chair in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Professor of Pediatrics The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Vice President, Training Kennedy Krieger InstituteAcademic underachievement is a common presenting symptom and has many different causes. The disorders that describe academic underachievement are based on the child’s function in cognitive, academic, or behavioral domains. The disorders that are associated with academic underachievement are final common pathways that have different etiologies and mechanisms. Multiple disorders are the rule because brain dysfunction in childhood usually affects multiple functions. Consequently, management programs must be individualized, comprehensive and address issues related to the child, school, and family. Treatment plans include parent training, academic accommodations, techniques to maintain self-esteem, and psychopharmacologic approaches. Ongoing monitoring of the management programs is necessary to detect important comorbidities that may emerge, to modify the program to meet the changing academic and social demands that occur as the child ages, and to provide current information. The outcome for children with academic underachievement is most dependent on the underlying disorder. Health providers have multiple roles to play in the prevention, detection, diagnosis and management of children with academic underachievement.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0716864011704151Learning disordersdevelopmental disabilitiesdyslexialanguage development disordersmental retardationintellectual disabilityattention deficit disorder with hyperactivitymotor skills disordersAsperger’s syndromeautistic disorderpervasive developmental disorders |
| spellingShingle | K. Shapiro Bruce, MD Academic underachievement: A neurodevelopmental perspective Revista Médica Clínica Las Condes Learning disorders developmental disabilities dyslexia language development disorders mental retardation intellectual disability attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity motor skills disorders Asperger’s syndrome autistic disorder pervasive developmental disorders |
| title | Academic underachievement: A neurodevelopmental perspective |
| title_full | Academic underachievement: A neurodevelopmental perspective |
| title_fullStr | Academic underachievement: A neurodevelopmental perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Academic underachievement: A neurodevelopmental perspective |
| title_short | Academic underachievement: A neurodevelopmental perspective |
| title_sort | academic underachievement a neurodevelopmental perspective |
| topic | Learning disorders developmental disabilities dyslexia language development disorders mental retardation intellectual disability attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity motor skills disorders Asperger’s syndrome autistic disorder pervasive developmental disorders |
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