Hospital School Program: The Right to Education for Long-Term Care Children

Giuseppina Caggiano, Lucia Ilaria Giulia Brunetti, Kathleen Ho, Angiola Piovani and Alessia Quaranta
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Giuseppina Caggiano: Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, School of Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari, Italy
Lucia Ilaria Giulia Brunetti: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Foggia, 71121 Foggia, Italy
Kathleen Ho: Hospital School, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford, Stanford Children’s Health, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Angiola Piovani: Monte San Michele School, Giovanni XXIII Children’s Hospital, 70125 Bari, Italy
Alessia Quaranta: Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, School of Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari, Italy

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 21, 1-9

Abstract: Education and health are two inseparable aspects of a single dynamic which aims to support and increase the physical and mental well-being of children and young people. Children must be guaranteed two rights: the right to study and the right to health. Schools capable of reconciling these two fundamental needs are represented by school in hospital and home schooling. Thanks to this flexible teaching method, it is possible to support the child and his or her family during hospitalization, and to prevent consequences such as school failure and dropout. Hospitalization is always a traumatic event for children, in which white coats are unknown figures, perceived all the more threatening the younger the child: a threat to one’s integrity, loss of autonomy, distorted perception of time, loss of confidence, and a sense of abandonment. Therefore, it is important to create a communicative basis that facilitates the child’s adaptation to the new hospital environment and establishes continuity during this period of time. Teachers play a significant role within the context of such difficulties. They need to understand patients’ emotions and act as a bridge between the small inpatient room of the child and the outside world. In this article we examined: (1) the School in Hospital and the reasons why it is a valid resource for the psychophysical rehabilitation of the student in a hospital; (2) the role of the teacher in hospital and the difficult context in which the teacher has to work; and (3) how the school in hospital was challenged by the SARS-CoV2 pandemic.

Keywords: hospital school program; hospital school teacher; hospitalization in children; school failure; school drop-out (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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