October 26th, 2010 | 
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I was one of those struggling kids because I always had problems with my Math homework. The teacher had already made me cry so I had a very negative view of this subject until I changed teacher. Did I improve? You bet I did!
My solution when I was struggling was to nip over the garden fence and ask our neighbour who was brilliant at Math and he helped me out on many an occasion.
So, usually struggling kids are having learning problems at school or they may have a minor disability such as dyslexia or are just slow at certain subjects like I was.
The main strategy for parents is not to do the homework for their child. Instead work out a plan to help them to cope. That means talking to them and asking them what exactly they do not understand. Then ask the teacher what is her perspective on the student as that will give you the other side of the story. Then you have to work on a plan which will help your kid to improve.
There may be a necessity to get your child extra tuition and this can be easily organized. Some schools have after-school tutoring assistance. Or you can ask an older student to help out and they will be glad to earn a little pocket money. Failing that, extra private tuition may give your child that help he needs to face the subject with much more confidence.
Another good idea is to actually ask struggling kids do an online test called The Vark Inventory which tells them what their learning style is. It is a simple questionnaire. Get your child to do it so that he starts to take responsibility too for his problem. When he gets the feedback, he will immediately understand what his learning preferences are.
This is broken down into read/write, aural, visual, kinesthetic or multimodal. I found that the great thing about this inventory was that it gives the child suggestions and tips for learning better suited to his own learning style. He gets his own set of strategies and you can help him to organize these and change the way he studies.
These then are some techniques for helping struggling kids at school. If you have other problems with struggling kids as regards social interaction, lack of friends and shyness, try the behavior modification program below which is written and devised by one of America’s foremost and most respected behaviorists. This could be the best way to help your struggling child.
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Tags: Ask Online, Dyslexia, Earn Money, Neighbour, Parents, Pocket Money, Private Tuition, Vark Inventory