Learning disabilities among Nairobi school children
- 1 February 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
- Vol. 69 (2), 151-155
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1984.tb02480.x
Abstract
School children (441) 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 were mental retardation. In 1/3, 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.Keywords
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