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Khawaja, Nigar G.; Howard, Glenn – Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 2021
Students from refugee background enter Australian schools to pursue their educational goal. Though most do well academically, a few encounter educational difficulties and struggle to acquire English language. An exploratory qualitative case study approach was used to investigate factors contributing to poor development of English language and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Refugees, Grade 9
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Daud, Atia; Rydelius, Per-Anders – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2009
Objective: This study explores the comorbidity between symptoms of ADHD and PTSD in relation to IQ among refugee children of traumatized parents (TP) and non-traumatized parents (NTP). Method: The study compares 80 refugee children, 40 with TP with 40 with NTP. ADHD and PTSD are assessed using DICA. Children's cognitive functions are measured by…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Intelligence Quotient, Refugees, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder