Journal article
Learning trajectories of children with special health care needs across the severity spectrum
S Goldfeld, M O'Connor, J Quach, J Tarasuik, A Kvalsvig
Academic Pediatrics | Published : 2015
Abstract
Objective A significant proportion of school-aged children experience special health care needs (SCHN) and seek care from pediatricians with a wide range of condition types and severity levels. This study examines the learning pathways of children with established (already diagnosed at school entry) and emerging (teacher identified) SHCN from school entry through the elementary school years. Methods The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) is a nationally representative clustered cross-sequential sample of 2 cohorts of Australian children which commenced in May 2004. Data were analyzed from the LSAC kindergarten cohort (n = 4,983), as well as a subsample of 720 children for whom ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
There are a number of key groups to be acknowledged for their support of the Australian Early Development Index (AEDI), including the following: the Australian government, which funded the study; all schools, principals, and teachers across Australia who participated in the AEDI; and each of the state and territory AEDI coordinators and their coordinating committees, who helped to facilitate the AEDI data collection in their respective jurisdictions. We appreciate their time and commitment. Personnel support for this analysis was funded by the Australian government and was supported by the Victorian government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. The funding body had no role in relation to the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the article; and decision to submit the article for publication.