Providing a healthcare input to children in special schools

Model of Providing Assistive Technologies in Special Education Schools.

Most students diagnosed with disabilities in Thai special education schools received assistive technologies, but this did not guarantee the greatest benefits. The purpose of this study was to survey the provision, use and needs of assistive technologies, as well as the perspectives of key informants regarding a model of providing them in special education schools. The participants were selected...

Ethical issues in providing services in schools to children with swallowing and feeding disorders.

PURPOSE This article is a commentary and discussion of ethical issues in dysphagia services as related to school-based practice in speech-language pathology. METHOD A review of the literature on ethical issues in the provision of speech-language pathology services to individuals with dysphagia was conducted, with particular emphasis on students receiving school-based services. RESULTS Issue...

How do children at special schools and their parents perceive their HRQoL compared to children at open schools?

BACKGROUND There has been some debate in the past as to who should determine values for different health states for economic evaluation. The aim of this study was to compare the Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in children attending open schools (OS) and children with disabilities attending a special school (SS) and their parents in Cape Town South Africa. METHODS The EQ-5D-Y and a prox...

Special Schools

Online Schools and Children With Special Health and Educational Needs: Comparison With Performance in Traditional Schools

BACKGROUND In the United States, primary and secondary online schools are institutions that deliver online curricula for children enrolled in kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12). These institutions commonly provide opportunities for online instruction in conjunction with local schools for students who may need remediation, have advanced needs, encounter unqualified local instructors, or expe...