ERIC Number: EJ1443319
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Sep
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-1744-6295
EISSN: EISSN-1744-6309
Following 4 Months of Social Distancing during COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil Did Not Change Aspects of Functioning in Children and Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities: A Longitudinal Study
Beatriz Helena Brugnaro; Gesica Fernandes; Fabiana Nascimento Vieira; Silvia Letícia Pavão; Nelci Adriana Cicuto Ferreira Rocha
Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, v28 n3 p773-788 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic and its demands of social distancing have created challenges in the lives of children/adolescents with developmental disabilities and their families, which would change aspects of children's functioning. The objective of this study was to evaluate changes in some components of functioning of children/adolescents with disabilities following 4 months of social distancing during a period of high contamination rate in the year 2020 in Brazil. Participated 81 mothers of children/adolescents with disabilities, 3-17 years, most of them (80%) diagnosed with Down syndrome, cerebral palsy and autism spectrum disorder. Remote assessments of functioning' aspects including IPAQ, YC-PEM/ PEM-C, Social Support Scale and PedsQL V.4.0. Wilcoxon tests compared the measures, with significance level <0.05. No significant changes in participant's functioning were identified. Social adjustments required to facing the pandemic during two points in time in the midst of the pandemic did not change the evaluated aspects of functioning in our sample of Brazilian.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Social Distance, Longitudinal Studies, Children, Adolescents, Developmental Disabilities, Down Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Cerebral Palsy, Cognitive Processes
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Brazil
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