The Pandemic Learning Loss was Worse for Kids with Special Needs. Now, Startups are Helping Students with Disabilities Get Back on Track
A new group of startups are helping children with conditions like autism and ADHD learn in schools. Data shows that children with disabilities had a sharper drop in 2022 reading and math test scores. Venture capitalists have started to see this space as a market worth...
NYS Education Deparment School COVID-19 Guidance
As schools approach the next academic year, the Department recommends that schools review current CDC school guidance for COVID-19 prevention and work with their Local Health Department to implement effective and feasible public health measures. The Department...
Schools lost track of homeless in pandemic
Many face a steep path to recovery Cheyanne Mumphrey - | ASSOCIATED PRESS - in the D&C on 8/1/23 on page A1 PHOENIX — By the time Aaliyah Ibarra started second grade, her family had moved five times in four years in search of stable housing. As she was about to...
Are the pandemic babies and kids OK?
Since the beginning of the pandemic, many parents and experts have raised concerns that the pandemic (and all of its terrible side effects) would also impact the development of children. Slowly, a body of research is coming out that can address these concerns. So what...
Pediatric speech disorder diagnoses more than doubled amid COVID-19 pandemic
Pediatric speech disorders for children aged 0 to 12 years more than doubled amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with infants aged 0 to 2 years most affected, according to a research brief from Komodo Health. The analysis from Komodo’s Healthcare Map primarily compared new...
COVID-19 During Pregnancy Tied To Increased Risk Of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Some babies who experience a COVID-19 infection in utero face nearly double the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders, researchers say. In a new study looking at electronic health records for 18,355 births since the start of the pandemic, researchers found a...
NIH study identifies features of Long COVID neurological symptoms
Findings offer insight into biological mechanisms, pointing to possible treatments. What Twelve people with persistent neurological symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection were intensely studied at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and were found to have differences...
NY failed to protect disabled group home residents
COVID-19 PANDEMIC OVERSIGHT COMPTROLLER REPORT ‘Inconsistent emergency management coordination and oversight put residents, families and staff in harm’s way’ Nancy Cutler - Rockland/Westchester Journal News USA TODAY NETWORK - in the D&C ib 4/8/23 on page A1 A...
Federal Investigation Finds Students With Disabilities Denied FAPE During Pandemic
For the second time this year, federal officials say they have reached an agreement with one of the nation’s largest school districts for failing to properly serve students with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for...
New Report on Impact of Pandemic on Learning Experiences of Young People with Disabilities
The first report to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the learning experiences of young people with disabilities has been published. Researchers at University College Cork (UCC) examined how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected young people with...