Learning differently: Help available for expat parents and children

Dr Kwan Bruhl from Ghana has worked as a clinical and cognitive psychologist at Brussels’ Community Help Service (CHS) since 2014. She explains some of the issues expat parents and children can be faced with at a new school in a new country.What educational problems do you encounter among expat children?It can be anything from specific learning disorders – dyslexia and ADHD – to dyscalculia, a mathematical disorder. These are very common. And sometimes there will be some type of intellectual difficulty. Our focus is mostly on children in the international or European schools. They are sent to CHS for assessment as they may be struggling to l…