Learning problems in children of refugee background: A systematic review

Pediatrics

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Graham, Hamish R ^a,b   Minhas, Ripudaman S ^c,d   Paxton, Georgia ^a,e  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULLYING; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DETENTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPECTATION; FAMILY INTERACTION; HIGH SCHOOL; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; LEARNING STYLE; MIGRATION; MOTIVATION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; REFUGEE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPING; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84971530394     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-3994     Document Type: Review

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