Early childhood development strategy for the world's children with disabilities.

Autor:	Olusanya BO; Centre for Healthy Start Initiative, Lagos, Nigeria., Wright SM; Johns Hopkins Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States., Smythe T; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, London, United Kingdom., Khetani MA; Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Applied Health Sciences of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States., Moreno-Angarita M; Department of Disability Studies, the National University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia., Gulati S; All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India., Brinkman SA; Fraser Mustard Centre, Telethon Kids Institute, School of Public Health, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia., Almasri NA; School of Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan., Figueiredo M; European Network of Occupational Therapy in Higher Education, Escola Superior de Saúde do Alcoitão, Alcabideche, Portugal., Giudici LB; Latín American Association for Neonatal and Pediatric Follow-Up (ALSEPNEO), Buenos Aires, Argentina., Olorunmoteni O; College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, Nigeria., Lynch P; School of Education, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom., Berman B; Benioff Children's Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States., Williams AN; Virtual Academic Unit, Children's Directorate, Northampton General Hospital, Northampton, United Kingdom., Olusanya JO; Centre for Healthy Start Initiative, Lagos, Nigeria., Wertlieb D; Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University, Medford, MA, United States., Davis AC; Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom., Hadders-Algra M; University Medical Centre Groningen, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Neurology, and Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands., Gladstone MJ; Department of Women's and Children's Health, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Frontiers in public health [Front Public Health] 2024 Jun 19; Vol. 12, pp. 1390107. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 19 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI:	10.3389/fpubh.2024.1390107
Abstrakt:	Early childhood is foundational for optimal and inclusive lifelong learning, health and well-being. Young children with disabilities face substantial risks of sub-optimal early childhood development (ECD), requiring targeted support to ensure equitable access to lifelong learning opportunities, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Although the Sustainable Development Goals, 2015-2030 (SDGs) emphasise inclusive education for children under 5 years with disabilities, there is no global strategy for achieving this goal since the launch of the SDGs. This paper explores a global ECD framework for children with disabilities based on a review of national ECD programmes from different world regions and relevant global ECD reports published since 2015. Available evidence suggests that any ECD strategy for young children with disabilities should consists of a twin-track approach, strong legislative support, guidelines for early intervention, family involvement, designated coordinating agencies, performance indicators, workforce recruitment and training, as well as explicit funding mechanisms and monitoring systems. This approach reinforces parental rights and liberty to choose appropriate support pathway for their children. We conclude that without a global disability-focussed ECD strategy that incorporates these key features under a dedicated global leadership, the SDGs vision and commitment for the world's children with disabilities are unlikely to be realised. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The author(s) declared that BOO was an editorial board member of Frontiers, at the time of submission. This had no impact on the peer review process and the final decisio. (Copyright © 2024 Olusanya, Wright, Smythe, Khetani, Moreno-Angarita, Gulati, Brinkman, Almasri, Figueiredo, Giudici, Olorunmoteni, Lynch, Berman, Williams, Olusanya, Wertlieb, Davis, Hadders-Algra and Gladstone.)
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