Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
“The social disruption that results from natural disasters often interrupts children’s schooling. However, we know little about how children’s learning is affected in the years after a disaster. A new study looked at changes in children’s academic performance after major bushfires in Australia. The study concluded that children in regions affected significantly by bushfires demonstrated poorer academic outcomes in some subjects than children in regions that were less severely affected by the fires. ” (more)