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A Community-Based Approach to Providing Health and Education Supports for Students with Disabilities in Affordable Housing

Authors :
Sarah Irvine Belson
Jessica L. Young
Anastasia Snelling
Source :
Advancing Inclusive and Special Education in the Asia-Pacific ISBN: 9789811363061
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Springer Nature Singapore, 2019.

Abstract

Children with disabilities are likely to have unmet health needs, including access to quality health care, and many face significant challenges related to poor housing conditions. Studies find significant negative correlations between neighborhood disadvantage and health and education outcomes for students with disabilities (SWDs). SWDs are overrepresented in public housing communities and represent an especially at-risk and understudied segment of the population. This chapter examined the use of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) framework as a means by which to improve both health and educational outcomes for SWD living in a public housing community. Families reported that 27% of the children in this community have a disability, so attention to providing a holistic set of interventions to support families of SWD in this community is essential.

Details

Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Advancing Inclusive and Special Education in the Asia-Pacific ISBN: 9789811363061
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........4a0193a577ee5429ae251a3336a6b661
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6307-8_9