COVID-19-Related Facilitators and Barriers to In-Person Learning for Children With Intellectual and Development Disabilities.

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 testin

SUBMITTER: Vestal LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10586430 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature