Haley Welden

TAP
Learning Barriers to Education

Sleep Deprivation:
Very little sleep over the course of multiple days.
Students end up cheating because they can't get their school work done.
Students have so much school work they can't go to bed until after they
finish it, which may not be for hours.

Substance Abuse:
Overuse or abuse of drugs or alcohol.
Can lead to mental health problems and a decline in a student's motivation
at school.
Students may lose their friends or grades in school and will no longer want
to come to school everyday because they won't see a point to it.

Social Learning Barriers:

Students will be pressured to do things that are bad instead of doing
school work.
Students may be pressured to slack off in school or may be made fun of
for doing good, resulting in worse grades.

Poverty in Schools:
Children may have a lack of vocabulary
Students may have a lack of school supplies
Students may lack support
Students may have a lack of control.
Students may have trouble with social engagements or relationships.
Students may be looked down upon for how they look but they don't have
the resources at their house to make themselves look as best as possible.

Latchkey Children:
Students may start abusing substances.
Students won't have anytime to do their homework if their caring for their
siblings, so their school work will suffer.

Abuse and Neglect:

Have trouble being social because of the neglect
Not feel comfortable around adults
Doesn't feel comfortable in school.
Lack of parental involvement:
Children with involved parents get better grades.
Children with involved parents are more likely to graduate.
Students are less likely to get in trouble.

Physical Disabilities:
If there is a physical aspect to a class activity than the child may focus
more on accomplishing the physical part than what their learning.

Death, dying, grief:

If child doesn't know how to handle their emotions than they can become
consumed by them and not focused on their learning and relationships.

Bullying:
If a student feels unsafe in the school they may not come back.
If a child is distracted by being bullied than they will have trouble focusing
on their school work.

ADD/ADHD:
A students with it may get in trouble and then their learning will be put on
hold.
They can't focus on their school work because of their energy and/or
difficulty focusing.

Dyslexia:
If a student can't read their homework they can have trouble completing it.