An Exploratory Study of Educators’ Perspectives Towards Hospital School Program Support for Children with Special Health Care Needs After Hospitalization
More than 14 million children in the United States are identified as children with special healthcare needs (CSHCN). Rates of hospitalization for CSHCN with chronic conditions as well as re-admissions have been increasing in recent years. For hospitalized children transitioning back to their school...
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| author | Heather E. Ormiston Polly R. Husmann Kristin C. Wikel Chelsey Ruark Debra L. Reisinger Michelle J. Curtin |
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| description | More than 14 million children in the United States are identified as children with special healthcare needs (CSHCN). Rates of hospitalization for CSHCN with chronic conditions as well as re-admissions have been increasing in recent years. For hospitalized children transitioning back to their school of record, a host of issues may arise such as socioemotional concerns, peer rejection, and being behind in academics. Hospital-based school programs (HBSPs) play an important role in the transition back to a child’s school of record. Utilizing a database of inpatient CSHCN at a midwestern children’s hospital’s HBSP, private and public-school educators associated with the previously hospitalized CSHCN were asked to complete an online survey to gather their perspectives related to the child’s transition back to the school of record upon hospital discharge. Overall, educators’ perspectives of the HBSP were positive while perceptions related to communication provided by the HBSP were mixed. Educators surveyed reported a lack of training related to working with CSHCN. Finally, accommodations and services offered to students upon return to school focused mostly on academic performance and attendance. Study limitations and implications for practice in schools are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-37607cfee8f14839b7621be4efb6ebfc2024-04-17T06:41:05ZengUbiquity PressContinuity in Education2631-91792024-03-015131–4931–4910.5334/cie.110109An Exploratory Study of Educators’ Perspectives Towards Hospital School Program Support for Children with Special Health Care Needs After HospitalizationHeather E. Ormiston0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3774-7090Polly R. Husmann1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5935-9956Kristin C. Wikel2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6320-1710Chelsey Ruark3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5650-7412Debra L. Reisinger4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6498-0808Michelle J. Curtin5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0480-4220Indiana University BloomingtonIndiana University School of MedicineBall State University Teachers CollegeIndiana University BloomingtonCincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of MedicineWake Forest School of MedicineMore than 14 million children in the United States are identified as children with special healthcare needs (CSHCN). Rates of hospitalization for CSHCN with chronic conditions as well as re-admissions have been increasing in recent years. For hospitalized children transitioning back to their school of record, a host of issues may arise such as socioemotional concerns, peer rejection, and being behind in academics. Hospital-based school programs (HBSPs) play an important role in the transition back to a child’s school of record. Utilizing a database of inpatient CSHCN at a midwestern children’s hospital’s HBSP, private and public-school educators associated with the previously hospitalized CSHCN were asked to complete an online survey to gather their perspectives related to the child’s transition back to the school of record upon hospital discharge. Overall, educators’ perspectives of the HBSP were positive while perceptions related to communication provided by the HBSP were mixed. Educators surveyed reported a lack of training related to working with CSHCN. Finally, accommodations and services offered to students upon return to school focused mostly on academic performance and attendance. Study limitations and implications for practice in schools are discussed.https://account.continuityineducation.org/index.php/up-j-ce/article/view/110inpatient hospitalizationhospital school programeducatorsurveystudent |
| spellingShingle | Heather E. Ormiston Polly R. Husmann Kristin C. Wikel Chelsey Ruark Debra L. Reisinger Michelle J. Curtin An Exploratory Study of Educators’ Perspectives Towards Hospital School Program Support for Children with Special Health Care Needs After Hospitalization Continuity in Education inpatient hospitalization hospital school program educator survey student |
| title | An Exploratory Study of Educators’ Perspectives Towards Hospital School Program Support for Children with Special Health Care Needs After Hospitalization |
| title_full | An Exploratory Study of Educators’ Perspectives Towards Hospital School Program Support for Children with Special Health Care Needs After Hospitalization |
| title_fullStr | An Exploratory Study of Educators’ Perspectives Towards Hospital School Program Support for Children with Special Health Care Needs After Hospitalization |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Exploratory Study of Educators’ Perspectives Towards Hospital School Program Support for Children with Special Health Care Needs After Hospitalization |
| title_short | An Exploratory Study of Educators’ Perspectives Towards Hospital School Program Support for Children with Special Health Care Needs After Hospitalization |
| title_sort | exploratory study of educators perspectives towards hospital school program support for children with special health care needs after hospitalization |
| topic | inpatient hospitalization hospital school program educator survey student |
| url | https://account.continuityineducation.org/index.php/up-j-ce/article/view/110 |
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