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There are signs that your child might be academically regressing.

When parents can predict what might cause their child to regress, intervening before the situation becomes a crisis is less challenging. The impact of this self-doubt can lead to regression in other skill areas.įor instance, a child regressing in math concepts may start wetting the bed at night even though they have been toilet trained for several years.

Life changes like a divorce, a new baby, or a move to a new homeĪ child’s self-esteem is affected when they regress.

Reinforcement not being effective anymore, which has led to decreased motivation.

New behavior is interfering with the child’s ability to make progress in different skill areas.

The skill in question has been mastered but has not been generalized for other situations.

For example, the Pandemic left many special needs children with gaps in their learning that will take years to relearn. Skills can wane when a disruption in practice or routine occurs. When they don’t have the routine practice of these skills like in the classroom, they will be more susceptible to regression. For example, a child doing math word problems supports reading comprehension and reinforces math concepts.īecause so many of our children already struggle to keep pace during the school year. Maintaining competency in multiple skills requires practice over time. What Causes Summer Learning Loss (Or Academic Regression Over Any Break in School)? How exactly do researchers know how much information is retained, learned, and subsequently lost?Ĭheck out our Youtube video for parents Debilitating Effects Of Summer Break to answer that question. Information loss happens to all of us that’s true. Most children who already struggle academically will most often see much more information loss, and, as a result, their self-confidence takes a significant hit every fall!

How Much Learning Is Lost Over the Summer? However, when a student suddenly stops practicing these skills, all the hard work your son or daughter put into school year might be lost if those skills once learned are not continually addressed over the summer. Accountability and repetition are key tools for combating regression.

So often our students with disabilities are not able to retain information over a long period of time, it is one of the reasons they receive special education services (individualized instruction through their IEP) or additional support ( related services) during the school year.ĭuring the school year your student can keep practicing necessary skills needed to gain mastery. This setback is extremely difficult for children who already struggle academically. If your child is a fourth-grader but only reads at the 1st quarter 2nd-grade level… When they return to school in the fall after the summer break, they will be reading at a 1st-grade 2nd quarter level when they get into fifth grade.įor example, if your child is in fourth grade and ends the year at grade level, they will come into fifth grade only remembering half of the things they learned from fourth grade! Studies have shown that children who do not get any academic stimuli in the summer will roughly lose half of their knowledge from the prior year.