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Coping in the time of COVID-19: Insights from university students with intellectual disabilities.

Trevi B FreezeZana Marie LutfiyyaRick FreezeJanjo MaganaNick CauthersMichael MukaiJacintha AntonioAnusha Batta
Published in: British journal of learning disabilities (2022)
For the study participants the shift to online classes and tutoring sessions was surprisingly successful. They became more independent and improved their online communication, time-management and organisational skills. Social engagement was sorely missed, especially studying and socializing with classmates at university and participating in extracurricular activities. The students also noted some advantages to online learning such as accessibility, convenience, feeling comfortable at home, avoiding transportation to the university and learning to use new tech tools. The tutors began sharing and learning from each other. This was facilitated by online tutoring roundtables. Our first insight from this study is the realisation that we now have a new medium for tutoring Campus Life students. A second is the need to better understand student social engagement in the online world.
Keyphrases
  • social media
  • health information
  • healthcare
  • coronavirus disease
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  • mental health
  • high school
  • medical education