标题:Health, Nutrition, Safety and Security in Early Childhood Development Programmes in Zimbabwe: What are the Implications to Children with Special Education Needs?
摘要:The aim of the study was to establish whether primary schools attaching ECD classes in Chiredzidistrict in Zimbabwe were catering for the health, nutrition, safety and protection needs of the children with specialeducation needs. The study was underpinned by the Ecological Systems Theory. It adopted a mixed methodsapproach. The researchers triangulated the following instruments: interviews, questionnaires, observation, documentanalysis and focus group discussions. The results show that in many schools, children with special education needs’health and nutrition were, to a very large extent, ignored. Some schools made efforts to provide nutrition to allECD children, but there were no efforts made to identify specific meals for children with chronic diseases. All theschools did not have legislations to protect such children, resulting in discrimination and abuse. The study recommendsmore conceited efforts from stakeholders on the health, safety and protection of learners in ECD settings.
关键词:Childhood Vulnerability; Childhood Well;being; Early Childhood Development (ECD); ECD “A”;and “B”; Safety Provisioning; Child Friendly Environments