Sunday, May 10, 2009
Hope for Educating the Chronically Ill
Earlier today, I as I was sipping my tea, taking another round of meds and deciding if I needed to grab the trash can before I stared this blog, I started thinking about students (k12) who are chronically sick or have acute illnesses which take them out of school for extended periods of time. I know that in the early 90's when my daughter was in the hospital going another round with a "crisis" we coordinated with the school (private) to make sure that she would not miss a day of work. Now, because of web 2.0 tools students have greater opportunities to stay connected with their teachers and their classmates. It seems that hospitals, education systems and parents are working better, together, using the internet and other tools to keep students abreast of work and even participate in recess with their class mates. I thought that was amazing! I noticed after googling that the US has a lot of catching up. The UK has this as one of the areas that is very heated especially for students with chronic diseases- for instance chronic fatigue. This made me think about how difficult it is for parents to circumnavigate the education system and the medical system to gain their child the best medical care and education possible. From review there are very limited organizations which will help you with both. Here in Atlanta Children's Medical have many resources available to the children and family including education resources and even on staff chaplains. Gaining an education with the tools that we have gives us access to so many opportunities which would be out of reach. So, when looking at what could you do check the hospitals you may find an engaging education opportunity there.
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There are many ways to use these tools. Home schooling is another area were much more progress is being made for collaboration and communication on the internet. Here is Florida, the Florida Virtual school for high school is now going to have classes for middle school. You will see more online learning for everyone.
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