The Poverty Problem: How Education Can Promote Resilience and Counter Poverty′s Impact on Brain Development and Functioning

Improve outcomes for students in poverty by understanding their developing brains

Economic hardship is changing our students' brain structures at a genetic level, producing psychological, behavioral, and cognitive issues that dramatically impact learning, behavior, physical health, and emotional stability. But there is hope.

This groundbreaking book by one of the nation's top experts in brain science and resilience offers solutions that will change minds, attitudes, and behaviors. Learn about how problems develop between people of different races, how the brain develops in persistent poverty, and how it might react to solutions. Inside, you will find real-life applications on topics including:

? The lack of culturally competent instruction and its impact on students of color ? Poverty′s effect on language development and how it can be positively influenced ? The importance of reading How to counteract the effects of the widespread stress in lower SES environments

Author: Horacio Sanchez
Publisher: Corwin Publishers
Published: 02/10/2021
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781071842928
ISBN10: 1071842927
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Student Life & Student Affairs
- Education | Teacher Training & Certification