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

by Regalena Melrose

Here is a timely response to the research findings of the last decade. Why Students Underachieve: What Educators and Parents Can Do about It focuses on the need to understand how prevalent trauma is in the lives of our students and 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. Why Students Underachieve: _

246 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[K Bayko]

ABSOLUTE MUST READ. The author targets students who are either misidentified or unidentified, and therefore not given interventions that will be successful. Through much research and experience, the author goes in depth to describe the brain of a child that underachieves and how to use specifically targeted interventions to re-track that child for success. As an elementary teacher I highly recommend it. Especially considering the publication date is so old, the author was YEARS ahead of their peers in her ideas.

[Ali Millam]

I had to read this book for one of my classes and Dr. Melrose(author) was actually the professor. It was an amazing class and an amazing book that I recommmend to every teacher or parent out there. I learned so much from this book!

[Sooz]

Dr. Melrose blames everything in the universe on childhood trauma. Her case studies are fairly interesting, but she really has to be one of the least articulate people that has ever been published.