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Vulnerable Groups of Children
from the Perspective of Additional
Professional Assistance Providers
during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Mitja Krajnčan
Univerza na Primorskem
mitja.krajncan@pef.upr.si
Katja Frangež
Univerza na Primorskem
katja.frangez@gmail.com
COVID-19 caused changes in the way of schooling, where teachers and chil-
dren, as well as everyone else, however connected to the education process
(parents, grandparents, other (professional) school workers and others), had
to tackle numerous challenges and problems, and were forced to change their
lifestyles, daily routines and adapt to the given situation. The article researched
which problems the teachers and additional professional assistance providers
had to face, how the measures to contain the spread of the epidemic, which
interfered with field of schooling, influenced and affected elementary school
children of majority schools, what influence they had on the vulnerable groups
of children who already have various deficits, obstacles, or disorders, and how
effective distance learning was compared to lessons at school. In addition, we
wanted to know how the work of teachers and providers of additional profes-
sional assistance changed as a consequence of the measures, and what were
the resulting changes in the implementation and effectiveness of additional
professional assistance sessions for children with special needs. We limited our
research to the period between March 2020 and June 2021, which coincides
with the time of two declared and later cancelled epidemics. We found that
in a world of rapid changes, a great amount of flexibility and empathy is nec-
essary to be able to cope with all the tasks we once used to perform almost
routinely. We concluded that the COVID-19 epidemic affected everyone, espe-
cially vulnerable groups of children.
Keywords: Covid-19 epidemic, distance learning, children with special needs,
additional professional assistance, additional professional assistance providers
Introduction
We began the year 2020 as every other year before. However, shortly after-
wards, news spread around the world about the emergence of a new virus
Drobnič, J., S. Pelc, M. Kukanja Gabrijelčič, K. Česnik, N. Cotič in T. Volmut, ur. 2023. Vzgoja in izobraževanje
v času covida-19: odzivi in priložnosti za nove pedagoške pobude. Koper: Založba Univerze na Primorskem.
https://doi.org/10.26493/978-961-293-170-4.117-130
from the Perspective of Additional
Professional Assistance Providers
during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Mitja Krajnčan
Univerza na Primorskem
mitja.krajncan@pef.upr.si
Katja Frangež
Univerza na Primorskem
katja.frangez@gmail.com
COVID-19 caused changes in the way of schooling, where teachers and chil-
dren, as well as everyone else, however connected to the education process
(parents, grandparents, other (professional) school workers and others), had
to tackle numerous challenges and problems, and were forced to change their
lifestyles, daily routines and adapt to the given situation. The article researched
which problems the teachers and additional professional assistance providers
had to face, how the measures to contain the spread of the epidemic, which
interfered with field of schooling, influenced and affected elementary school
children of majority schools, what influence they had on the vulnerable groups
of children who already have various deficits, obstacles, or disorders, and how
effective distance learning was compared to lessons at school. In addition, we
wanted to know how the work of teachers and providers of additional profes-
sional assistance changed as a consequence of the measures, and what were
the resulting changes in the implementation and effectiveness of additional
professional assistance sessions for children with special needs. We limited our
research to the period between March 2020 and June 2021, which coincides
with the time of two declared and later cancelled epidemics. We found that
in a world of rapid changes, a great amount of flexibility and empathy is nec-
essary to be able to cope with all the tasks we once used to perform almost
routinely. We concluded that the COVID-19 epidemic affected everyone, espe-
cially vulnerable groups of children.
Keywords: Covid-19 epidemic, distance learning, children with special needs,
additional professional assistance, additional professional assistance providers
Introduction
We began the year 2020 as every other year before. However, shortly after-
wards, news spread around the world about the emergence of a new virus
Drobnič, J., S. Pelc, M. Kukanja Gabrijelčič, K. Česnik, N. Cotič in T. Volmut, ur. 2023. Vzgoja in izobraževanje
v času covida-19: odzivi in priložnosti za nove pedagoške pobude. Koper: Založba Univerze na Primorskem.
https://doi.org/10.26493/978-961-293-170-4.117-130
