"Understanding Shut-Down Learners" Featured in Exceptional Family Magazine

Dr. Richard Selznick appears in the Spring 2010 issue of Exceptional Family, Canada's Resource Magazine for Parents of Exceptional Children, where he discusses six strategies to help your academically discouraged child climb from struggles to success.

Throughout preschool and her early elementary grades, Emma was sunny, confident, and engaged in school. Now 12 and in Grade 6, her teacher’s comments paint a different picture: Emma enters class pleasantly and she seems to get along nicely with the other kids. During class, however, Emma never participates and it seems that her mind is elsewhere. Emma’s work reflects a general lack of effort. It’s almost as if she doesn’t care.

What happened to the sunny, confident and engaged Emma? Click here to view a PDF of the complete article and find out.