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Exploring problems for school reintegration following spinal cord injury: Perspectives on the kindergarten through fifth-grade population

When a child acquires a spinal cord injury or disorder (SCI/D), they are faced with sudden onset of changes. Engagement in education, play, and leisure is immediately impacted. Using survey methodology, return to school for children in kindergarten through fifth grade following SCI/D was examined. F...

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Autores principales: Reeves, Brooke, Martin, Rebecca
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9470753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36188981
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2022.962682
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description When a child acquires a spinal cord injury or disorder (SCI/D), they are faced with sudden onset of changes. Engagement in education, play, and leisure is immediately impacted. Using survey methodology, return to school for children in kindergarten through fifth grade following SCI/D was examined. Families at a large spinal cord rehabilitation center for the pediatric population on the East Coast of the United States were surveyed via email about their child's return to school to understand support and barriers a child faces when returning to school following SCI/D. Survey findings indicated that children face barriers related to school access, transportation, and educational support upon return to school. The primary barrier identified was access to educational support. Using survey findings, an in-clinic outpatient return-to-school recommendation form was developed to bridge the gap between medical model therapists and school staff that is specific to each child's needs. The curriculum is being developed to support families and therapists in preparing a child to return to school following SCI/D and to educate families to advocate for their child in the school setting. Future recommendations include further research regarding the placement of children in the school environment following SCI/D.
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spelling pubmed-94707532022-09-29 Exploring problems for school reintegration following spinal cord injury: Perspectives on the kindergarten through fifth-grade population Reeves, Brooke Martin, Rebecca Front Rehabil Sci Rehabilitation Sciences When a child acquires a spinal cord injury or disorder (SCI/D), they are faced with sudden onset of changes. Engagement in education, play, and leisure is immediately impacted. Using survey methodology, return to school for children in kindergarten through fifth grade following SCI/D was examined. Families at a large spinal cord rehabilitation center for the pediatric population on the East Coast of the United States were surveyed via email about their child's return to school to understand support and barriers a child faces when returning to school following SCI/D. Survey findings indicated that children face barriers related to school access, transportation, and educational support upon return to school. The primary barrier identified was access to educational support. Using survey findings, an in-clinic outpatient return-to-school recommendation form was developed to bridge the gap between medical model therapists and school staff that is specific to each child's needs. The curriculum is being developed to support families and therapists in preparing a child to return to school following SCI/D and to educate families to advocate for their child in the school setting. Future recommendations include further research regarding the placement of children in the school environment following SCI/D. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9470753/ /pubmed/36188981 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2022.962682 Text en © 2022 Reeves and Martin. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title_full Exploring problems for school reintegration following spinal cord injury: Perspectives on the kindergarten through fifth-grade population
title_fullStr Exploring problems for school reintegration following spinal cord injury: Perspectives on the kindergarten through fifth-grade population
title_full_unstemmed Exploring problems for school reintegration following spinal cord injury: Perspectives on the kindergarten through fifth-grade population
title_short Exploring problems for school reintegration following spinal cord injury: Perspectives on the kindergarten through fifth-grade population
title_sort exploring problems for school reintegration following spinal cord injury: perspectives on the kindergarten through fifth-grade population
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9470753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36188981
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2022.962682
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