{"id":891,"date":"2010-05-21T12:40:26","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T16:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/?p=891"},"modified":"2016-12-27T15:27:59","modified_gmt":"2016-12-27T20:27:59","slug":"understanding-shut-down-learners-featured-in-great-schools-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/2010\/05\/understanding-shut-down-learners-featured-in-great-schools-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Understanding Shut-Down Learners&#8221; Featured in Great Schools Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Selznick, Ph.D., Director of the Cooper Learning Center, wrote an article featured in the <em>Great Schools Newsletter <\/em>about seven strategies to help your child climb from struggles to success.<\/p>\n<p>Shut-down learners are children who become academically discouraged and disconnected from school over time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my evaluation of shut-down learners, I have found that many receive work on a daily basis that they simply cannot handle, causing them unnecessary frustration. Too often, parents and teachers do not understand the skill deficits that are causing a child difficulty. For example, I recently tested a fourth-grader who struggled to read certain words presented in a text, including porcupine, passage, and amazement. Since most fourth-graders read silently to themselves, the student&#8217;s teacher and parents mistakenly believed that she had a comprehension problem, when she was actually experiencing difficulties with word reading and decoding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To read the complete article, visit the Great Schools Newsletter at<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatschools.org\/students\/academic-skills\/understanding-shut-down-learners.gs?content=2425&amp;page=2\">greatschools.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Selznick, Ph.D., Director of the Cooper Learning Center, wrote an article featured in the Great Schools Newsletter about seven strategies to help your child climb from struggles to success. 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