Katrina Has Just Begun Middle School

Katrina has just begun middle school. She has always been a happy and engaged student in school. Her teachers in elementary school were very supportive and helped her whenever she needed it. Now that she is in middle school, she is more withdrawn. She doesn't feel that she can ask her teachers for help and that they really do not care whether she is engaged or not in the school. Her school is very large which contributes to her feelings of disconnection almost to feeling completely lost among the other students. In this school transition, Katrina is experiencing ______.

A) poor stage-environment fit
B) intellectual disability
C) developmental dyscalculia
D) decreased cooperative learning