COVID-19-Related Facilitators and Barriers to In-Person Learning for Children With Intellectual and Development Disabilities.
J Sch Health
; 2022 Nov 20.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2246057
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Schools provide essential functions for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), but their vulnerability to infection with SARS-CoV-2 are a barrier to in-person learning. This qualitative study aimed to understand how weekly SARS-CoV-2 screening testing of students and staff could best facilitate in-school learning during the pandemic.METHODS:
Thirty-one focus groups were held with school staff and parents of children with IDD to examine the perceptions of COVID-19 during the 2020-2021 school year. Responses were analyzed using a directed thematic content analysis approach.RESULTS:
Five principal themes were identified risks of returning to in-person learning; facilitators and barriers to participation in SARS-CoV-2 screening testing; messaging strategies; and preferred messengers. IMPLICATIONS FOR SCHOOL HEALTH POLICY, PRACTICE, AND EQUITY Staff and families agreed that saliva-based SARS-CoV-2 screening testing helps increase comfort with in-person learning. Screening testing increased family and school staff comfort with in-person learning particularly because many students with special needs cannot adhere to public health guidelines.CONCLUSION:
To keep children with IDD in school during the pandemic, families found SARS-CoV-2 screening testing important, particularly for students that cannot adhere to mitigation guidelines.
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Language:
English
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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