Childhood Cancer Survivors and Distance Education Challenges: Lessons Learned From the COVID-19 Pandemic.
J Pediatr Psychol
; 47(1): 15-24, 2022 02 03.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1467373
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Pediatric cancer survivors have historically struggled to receive adequate educational supports. In Spring 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced an emergency switch from traditional in-person education models to distance education, but little information is available regarding experiences of pediatric survivors' coping with schooling since that time.METHODS:
This article presents exploratory mixed methods findings from a quality improvement project including qualitative interviews and a quantitative survey conducted with parents of pediatric oncology survivors identified through neuropsychological assessment, and the use of school-based services as having educationally relevant neurocognitive impacts of disease or treatment. The interviews explored experiences of education and instructional delivery during the COVID-19 school closures in spring of 2020 and the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year and served as the foundation for a quantitative survey to determine the generalizability of findings.RESULTS:
Qualitative interviews highlighted 3 emergent themes regarding the shared experiences of distance schooling for children with cancer during the COVID-19 school closures (a) attention, (b) mental health, and (c) access to instruction. A follow-up quantitative survey supported the qualitative findings and their generalizability to the schooling experiences of other children with cancer during the pandemic.CONCLUSION:
This article describes and explores each theme and offers suggestions for pediatric supports and changes to provider service delivery (including weblinks to access project-developed resources) as a result of ongoing pandemic-related schooling needs.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Education, Distance
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Cancer Survivors
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COVID-19
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Neoplasms
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Child
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Pediatr Psychol
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Jpepsy
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