title: Emotions Influence Cognition: The Missing Ingredient in School Evaluations.
abstract: In this paper we describe an intake evaluation process of elementary schoolchildren who have exhibited difficulties in a more traditional school environment. We show how a dynamic understanding of the child's emotional life and the child's emotions affects his or her behavior, cognitive development, and academic performance. We illustrate how to utilize this understanding in planning an approach in the classroom.
authors.forename: Leon
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hoffman
authors.forename: Carrie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Catapano
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory