Overcoming Learning Disorder through Parental Involvement in Madrasah

Parental Involvement in Middle School

Early adolescence is often marked by changes in school context, family relationships, and developmental processes. In the context of these changes, academic performance often declines, while at the same time the long-term implications of academic performance increase. In promoting achievement across elementary and secondary school levels, the significant role of families, family–school relation...

Resilient parenting: Overcoming poor parental bonding

HPV Vaccination: Overcoming Parental and Physician Impediments.

In this issue of American Family Physician, Ackerman and Serrano provide a concise and well-referenced summary of the recommended immunizations for children and adolescents.1 The immunization schedule is designed to create the best immunologic response and achieve maximal disease prevention. However, full adherence to the schedule is jeopardized by the fears of some parents and physicians who h...

Parental involvement moderates etiological influences on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder behaviors in child twins.

Although few would now contest the presence of Gene × Environment (G × E) effects in the development of child psychopathology, it remains unclear how these effects manifest themselves. Alternative G × E models have been proposed (i.e., diathesis-stress, differential susceptibility, bioecological), each of which has notably different implications for etiology. Child twin studies present a powerf...

Overcoming Procrastination through Planning

Have you ever purposefully delayed or postponed a goal-directed action (for example, writing an essay or filling out tax forms) despite strong intentions to achieve the goal and suffident opportunities to pursue it7 If so, then you are in good company: so has a large percentage of the general (15 to 20 percent) 1 and the academic (80 to 85 percent of American college students) population. 2 In ...