Third-grade school performance in children with special healthcare needs: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Children with special healthcare needs (SHCN) due to a chronic health condition perform more poorly at school compared with their classmates. We aimed to estimate the effects of past, current, transient, emerging and persistent SHCN on school performance in primary school children.

Methods

Data from the German population-based prospective cohort study ikidS were used. The children withSHCN screener was administered before school entry (T1) and at the end of first (T2) and third grade (T3). Grades for German, maths and science (range: 1 (Very Good) to 6 (Failure)) were obtained at the end of third grade (age 8-9 years), and an average grade was calculated. Associations between the timing of SHCN and average grade were estimated by mixed linear regression models adju

SUBMITTER: Schlecht J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11624720 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature