Martin Ann Marie, McIntyre Laura Lee, Neece Cameron
Indiana University, School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
University of Oregon, College of Education, Eugene, OR, USA.
Fam J Alex Va. 2023 Jul;31(3):417-425. doi: 10.1177/10664807231163261. Epub 2023 Mar 14.
The rapid transition to virtual learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented challenges that significantly impacted caregivers of young children, particularly those with developmental delays and children from non-English speaking households (Valicenti-McDermott et al., 2022). The current study aims to describe caregivers' concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in general and specific educational concerns following school closures, and to determine whether their concerns varied as a function of whether the child had a developmental delay or the parent's ethnicity. Results revealed that caregivers of children with DD endorsed a greater number of general and education-specific COVID-19 concerns compared to caregivers of TD children, and non-Latinx caregivers of children with DD reported more general COVID-19 concerns compared to Latinx caregivers of children with DD. With respect to education-specific concerns, caregivers of children with DD reported a greater impact from the loss and/or delay of services and reported feeling significantly less capable of conducting educational activities in the home compared to caregivers of TD children. However, almost all caregivers in the study endorsed some level of stress from remote instruction. These findings suggest there is a specific need for attention to caregiver mental health and an examination of long-term educational outcomes resulting from extended school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
由于新冠疫情，迅速向虚拟学习过渡带来了前所未有的挑战，这对幼儿的照料者产生了重大影响，尤其是那些孩子有发育迟缓问题的照料者以及来自非英语家庭的孩子的照料者（瓦利森蒂 - 麦克德莫特等人，2022年）。本研究旨在描述照料者对新冠疫情总体上的担忧以及学校关闭后具体的教育方面的担忧，并确定他们的担忧是否因孩子是否有发育迟缓或家长的种族而有所不同。结果显示，与发育正常儿童的照料者相比，发育迟缓儿童的照料者认可更多关于新冠疫情的总体担忧和特定教育方面的担忧，并且与发育迟缓儿童的拉丁裔照料者相比，发育迟缓儿童的非拉丁裔照料者报告了更多关于新冠疫情的总体担忧。在特定教育方面的担忧上，与发育正常儿童的照料者相比，发育迟缓儿童的照料者报告称服务的缺失和/或延迟带来了更大的影响，并且表示在家中开展教育活动的能力明显更低。然而，该研究中几乎所有照料者都认可远程教学带来了一定程度的压力。这些发现表明，特别需要关注照料者的心理健康，并审视新冠疫情期间学校长期关闭所导致的长期教育成果。
