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"As the COVID-19 pandemic surges into its second year, advocates and experts say children with special needs and their families are seeing some of the toughest impacts," says this article from Global News. According to the article, nearly one in 10 families of children with special needs surveyed in a recent study by Simon Fraser University researchers said they were considering putting their child in government care.
Globally, during the COVID 19 pandemic there have been disruptions to initiatives, services, and programmes that promote and protect nurturing care for young children. While necessary to reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2, strategies such as complete or partial lockdown, physical distancing measures, and school and childcare closures, have made it increasingly difficult to reach children and caregivers. At the same time, the social and economic ramifications of the pandemic have put families in even greater need of parenting and family support. In response to the COVID-19 crisis, many…
As child protection researchers and practitioners worldwide work to understand and manage the unprecedented effects of COVID-19 on systems of care, join this presentation by Barbara Fallon of the University of Toronto and Delphine Collin-Vezina of McGill University.
Dr. Fallon and Dr. Collin-Vezina will share information from the new University of Toronto Policy Bench report, Child…