"WHAT'S GOING ON?"
Each developmental stage in life has its own joys and challenges for students and their families. Some children manage to move through the transition to the next stage with grace and barely a ripple in their behavior and attitude. Others bulldoze their way through, creating chaos and frustration for their parents, caregivers and teachers! Here are some signs that your child may be in distress:
- aggression, agitation, irritability
- sadness, hopelessness, helplessness
- forgetfulness, limited (or no) interest in schoolwork, academic failure
- defiance of rules and authority, "zoning out", inattention or hyperactivity
- fixations or fascination with inappropriate or dangerous situations, people or influences
Each developmental stage in life has its own joys and challenges for students and their families. Some children manage to move through the transition to the next stage with grace and barely a ripple in their behavior and attitude. Others bulldoze their way through, creating chaos and frustration for their parents, caregivers and teachers! Here are some signs that your child may be in distress:
- aggression, agitation, irritability
- sadness, hopelessness, helplessness
- forgetfulness, limited (or no) interest in schoolwork, academic failure
- defiance of rules and authority, "zoning out", inattention or hyperactivity
- fixations or fascination with inappropriate or dangerous situations, people or influences
Kindergarten- Fifth Grade-
- Resistance to going to school
- Learning problems
- No friends
- Resistance to going to school
- Learning problems
- No friends
Middle School
- Loss of interest in learning
- Isolation
- Irritability
- Loss of interest in learning
- Isolation
- Irritability
High School
- Change in or loss in friends
- Hopelessness
- Irrational anger
- Change in or loss in friends
- Hopelessness
- Irrational anger