Why Students Underachieve: What Educators and Parents Can Do about It

by Regalena Melrose

Book Overview

Here is a timely response to the research findings of the last decade. It focuses on the need to understand just how prevalent trauma is in the lives of our students, how it impacts the brain, subsequent learning, and behavior. This book also details what educators can do not only to prevent further harm to our students, but also to intervene in ways that give them a promising future.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578864402
• ISBN13: 9781578864409
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

This book is important.

This book addresses the issues related to trauma that are prevalent within our schools. We are often so busy focusing on educational issues that we do not get to the core issue....the presence of trauma. In this book, readers are given helpful insights to acknowledge trauma as a learning issue....and the potential for creating resources for students to help them to thrive. This is a tremendously important piece of work.

A big THANK YOU to Dr. Melrose on behalf of all of our children

I have completed reading this book and found it to be both revealing and alarming. I am neither an educator or parent but I found myself glued to the next page. She is both an excellant writer and quite engaging. What struck me most about her book is its honesty and the courage to speak openly about helping our kids to be the best they can be. She has challenged our educators and parents to step up to the plate and acknowledge that many of the problems are preventable and in many cases misdiagnosed. Reading the stories about the children she has worked with was just heartwrenching and insightful. The amount of PASSION Dr. Melrose shared with her readers about this important work on behalf of our children and the future of our society was beyond commendable. I have passed the book on to friends and expressed how vital it is for all of us to be eductaed about what is happening to the future of our children and their education. Furthermore, this book helps you to recognize what you can do about it. We are all better off having this kind of material and education at our fingertips. Kudos and many applause to Dr. Melrose for caring about our children enough to say enough already!!!

Excellent Resource

This book is an excellent resource for both teachers and parents. I can relate many examples in the book to different children I have taught over the years. I have more insight into their behavior and now have a resource to help deal with it. As a parent, I am aware of what to look for in my child and can be proactive.

Long Overdue

Dr. Melrose has written a concise and relevant book on childhood trauma and its long-lasting effects. As a practicing school counselor, I found the book both informative and practical. With the catch-all label of ADHD being attached to children by everyone from school administrators to teachers to grocery clerks, it is encouraging to know that someone has taken the time to look deeper, more thoughtfully, at the whole child. The book's use of narratives helps to illustrate the concepts presented and integrate the modalities suggested. Particularly invaluable to the school counselor are the "Tools for Tolerance" presented in Chapter 7. Throughout the book, Dr. Melrose strikes the perfect balance between the presentation of historical perspective, which allows the reader to employ their own theoretical framework to the matter at hand, and practical mediating approaches that give the practitioner - be they school counselor, psychologist, social worker, therapist or teacher - the tools to assist this heretofore mishandled population.

YES, Every child can achieve

In a clear and accessible manner, Dr. Melrose provides a wealth of information to aid any educator who wants to feel more equipped in facilitating the academic success of EVERY student, even our most challenging and misunderstood.