Improving developmental and educational support for children born preterm: evaluation of an e-learning resource for education professionals.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Children born preterm are at higher risk for special educational needs and poor academic attainment compared with term-born peers, yet education professionals receive limited training and have poor knowledge of preterm birth. We have developed an interactive e-learning resource and evaluated its efficacy in improving teachers' knowledge of preterm birth and their confidence in supporting the learning of children born preterm.

Setting

Eight primary, infant or junior schools in England.

Participants

61 teachers of children aged 4-11 years, of which 55 (90%) were female.

Intervention

Interactive e-learning resource designed to improve education professionals' knowledge of long-term outcomes following preterm birth and strategies that can be used to supp

SUBMITTER: Johnson S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6561404 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature