Publications by authors named "Rekha Radhakrishnan"
Promoting school readiness in children with developmental disabilities in LMICs.
Front Public Health
March 2023
Article Synopsis
- The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals emphasize the importance of inclusive quality education for children under 5 with developmental delays or disabilities, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where most of these children live.
- Children with developmental disabilities often lack foundational skills, such as reading and numeracy, and face significant barriers to attending school, highlighting the need for coordinated efforts to prepare them for inclusive education.
- The paper stresses the critical role of collaboration among healthcare providers, families, and communities in enhancing school readiness, and calls for targeted policy initiatives to support this goal by 2030.
Poverty, the root cause of the existence of slums or settlement colonies in urban areas has a great impact on almost all aspects of life of the urban poor, especially the all-round development of children. Examples from countries, across the globe provide evidence of improved early child development, made possible through integrated slum improvement programs, are few in numbers. The observed 2.
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