Elective home education of children with neurodevelopmental conditions before and after the COVID-19 pandemic started

Frontiers in Psychology

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Laura Paulauskaite¹  Amanda Timmerman²  Athanasia Kouroupa²  Amanda Allard³  Kylie M. Gray⁴  Richard P. Hastings⁴  David Heyne⁶  Glenn A. Melvin⁴  Bruce Tonge⁴  Vasiliki Totsika² 

[1] Social Research Institute, University College London;Division of Psychiatry, University College London;Council for Disabled Children, National Children’s Bureau;Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal, and Research ,(CEDAR), University of Warwick;Department of Psychiatry, Monash University;Developmental and Educational Psychology Unit, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University;School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University

关键词: Elective home education;    Intellectual Disability;    autism;    Mental Health;    COVID-19;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2022.995217

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

COVID-19 brought disruptions to children’s education and mental health, and accelerated school de-registration rates. We investigated Elective Home Education (EHE) in families of children with a neurodevelopmental condition. A total of 158 parents of 5-15 year-old children with neurodevelopmental conditions (80% autistic) provided information on reasons for de-registration, their experience of EHE, and children’s mental health. Few differences were found between children participating in EHE before and after the pandemic started. Low satisfaction with school for not meeting children’s additional needs was the main reason for de-registering in both groups. COVID-19 had a more limited role in parents’ decision to de-register. The main advantage of EHE reported in both groups was the provision of personalised education and one-to-one support. Levels of anxiety, internalising and externalising problems were similar between children participating in EHE before and after the pandemic started, and also similar between all children in EHE and school-registered children (N=1,079).

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