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Learning disabilities among Nairobi school children
Author(s) -
Dhadphale M.,
Ibrahim B.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1984.tb02480.x
Subject(s) - learning disorders , learning disability , mentally retarded , psychology , emotional disorder , social emotional learning , psychiatry , medicine , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , anxiety
ABSTRACT– Four hundred and forty‐one school children studying in local primary schools were referred during 1980–1981 to the Psychological Assessment Clinic in Nairobi (Kenya) for poor academic performance. The most frequent cause for the learning difficulties of these children was mental retardation. In one third, emotional disorders were responsible for their learning difficulties. Currently, even mentally retarded children are admitted into the existing educational system and are unable to cope. Recommendations for the future are made.