Thought for the Day: Giving kids with cancer a little help with school

Filed under: Thought for the Day I recently read this article, which states that children undergoing leukemia treatment generally have lower than average marks in school , particularly those who underwent cranial radiation. This was not because they missed school from being in a hospital -- they were provided with education whether at home or in the hospital. Still, the results are a relief to researchers because the majority of children who had undergone treatment did complete their basic education, albeit with a bit more difficulty than their healthy peers. What do you think about this? I'm no education expert, but I think it's important that kids with leukemia should have some sort of extra educational help available to them -- maybe a tutoring program that can help them in the learning process. Afterall, they've gone through enough with their illness -- they shouldn't have to suffer through the humiliation of falling behind in class too. Read     Permalink     Email this     Linking Blogs     Comments

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