March 1st, 2012 
admin Most cases referred to school psychologists are straightforward and well understood. There remains a group of students, however, whose inability to access their education with success is still not understood. There remains, in this twenty-first century, a misunderstood child.
Twenty years after the publication of Misunderstood Child: Understanding and Coping with Your Child’s Learning Disabilities, we have new challenges to face in education. Have we identified, in either general or special education, all the possible barriers to learning and behaving in school with success? Who are these students who do not fit? What are the barriers to their education? A child’s life revolves only around two aspects, his school and his home, thus his life rotates around his teachers and his parents. Like school is the second home for the child, home is also a second school for the child; he learns the most basic things of his life at home while parents are the best teachers in his life as they understand him like no teacher on the earth could understand.
It has actually proven through research that those parents actually involving in the child’s education play a major role in the success ventures of the students than those of the students whose parents are not much involved in their child’s education. Always make a note of what your child does in the school. Have a deep involvement with your child’s school; this will help you understand how your child behaves socially and academically. It is important to feed into child’s mind how beneficial the education is, this will make your child more responsible towards education and thus understands the importance of education, punctuality and discipline. If you have a healthy relation with the child’s teacher it becomes even more beneficial for child’s growth.
Children have a habit to imitate the elders, this habit of your children helps them to enhance their knowledge and sharpen their intellect. Send your child full stomached to the school, this really helps in concentration. Some parents minimize child’s entertainment time (television, computer, video game or playing time) however I don’t think it as a convenient option, children must have their entertainment time; instead you can try edutainment for your kids. This process enables a great bond amongst the family members and the child.
Collaborating with the school: Parents must always manage to collaborate with the child’s school as this enables to keep a track of child’s behavior and progress in the school. You should attend all the PTA (Parents Teachers Association) meetings, open houses, school programs, develop a contact with your child’s class teacher, take part in the school activities and events, encourage the child to be part of the extracurricular activities and read all the newsletters and magazine from your child’s school. This will help you understand academic as well as social behavior of your child.
A child with better attention always differs from those with lesser parental attention.