The primary goal of homebound education is to provide homebound students with exceptional educational services while they cannot attend school for various reasons. The researcher investigated the challenges within the curriculum and instruction encountered by homebound educators when teaching homebound students, given their limited time with…

Objectives: Racial aggression against Asians and the implementation of state-wide stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic may have negatively impacted mental health in Asian international graduate students in the United States, yet these relationships are unknown. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate these relationships.…

This qualitative phenomenological study aimed to investigate educators' perspectives on their professional preparedness, the effectiveness of their teaching methods, and the challenges encountered while providing homebound education within a mid-sized school district in North Texas. Semi-structured interviews with 8 teacher participants were…

The Supporting Older Adults & Caregivers: Integrative Service Learning (SOCIAL) partnership trains undergraduate social work students to provide practical home-based support for older adults with chronic illness and their family caregivers, serving as a pipeline for future leaders in older adult care. More than 2 million older adults are…

The COVID-19 pandemic led to lockdown throughout the world beginning in March 2020. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) students we removed from school and other activities out of the home, spending more time at home with family who may or may not accept them. When in school, school counselors act as advocates for all…

'Homebound' children are unable to attend school for illness-related reasons. To lessen their predicament, schools have begun experimenting with 'telepresence robots' that can enable remote participation. While promising, we know little about the use of telepresence robots in practice. To begin to redress this, we draw on 159 semi-structured…

This qualitative phenomenological study examines special education teachers' perspectives to understand how virtual learning environments can support, through social-emotional interactions, the cognitive development of students with low-incident disabilities in a homebound setting. For this study, which was based on Vygotsky's sociocultural theory…

Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) is a chronic disease, some types of which may have morbidity and mortality. That is why the patients must receive multidisciplinary care in case any complications arise. Families must be informed about the disease, about home care and receive genetic counselling. The importance of genetic counselling cannot be stressed…