Caregiving and Support for Students With Special Educational Needs During the Initial Stages of COVID-19

• In Event: Online Service Delivery and COVID-19: Special Education in Uncertain Times

Abstract

This paper offers a theoretical analysis of special education, remote learning and caregiving within the current COVID-19 context. Through the utilization of theory building, Canadian popular media, academic, and educational sources are applied to explore the unique challenges of Canadian families whose children have a range of complex special educational needs. Balancing the well-documented increasing demands of domesticity and caregiving during the COVID-19 pandemic, these unique challenges are situated within a context that focuses primarily on the experiences of mothers who are grappling with limited respite and resources within the flurried context of a pandemic. Compounding intersections of various social justice factors are also canvassed to gain a broader scope of special education in the context of remote learning.

Author

• Kimberly M Hillier, University of Windsor