Sentences with phrase «academic lives of neglected»

Wentzel, Kathryn R., & Asher, Steven R. «The Academic Lives of Neglected, Rejected, Popular, and Controversial Children.»

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Budgeting and writing down expenses during academic life has proven to be an important way of managing the debt and it has been observed that students tend to neglect budgeting and take on things as they come which results in disastrous upcoming life.

An estimated 1,560 children died because of maltreatment, with the highest rates of victimization in the first year of life — 20.6 per 1,000 children.1 Research demonstrates that outcomes for children who survive child maltreatment (defined as neglect, abuse, or a combination of the two) are poor, with performance below national norms in a range of outcomes areas, including psychosocial and cognitive well - being and academic achievement.2, 3,4 The costs to society overall of these children not reaching their full potential and the lower than expected productivity of adult survivors of abuse are estimated at as much as $ 50 - 90 billion per year in the U.S. 5,6 These findings underscore the need for strategies to prevent child maltreatment in order to improve outcomes for children, families and communities.

For example, in one study, neglected children had a smaller corpus callosum relative to control and comparison groups.8 Compared to their non-maltreated peers, children in another study who experienced emotional neglect early in life performed significantly worse on achievement testing during the first six years of schooling.9 Furthermore, although both abused and neglected children performed poorly academically, neglected children experienced greater academic deficits relative to abused children.10 These cognitive deficiencies also appear to be long lasting.

Living in disadvantaged communities with increased risk of neglect and abuse, disruptive behavior at home or in school, poor academic performance, at risk for substance abuse or gang activity