Volume 16, No. 1 Spring 2021

COVID-19: Equal Access to Remote Learning and Tele-Therapy

AUTHOR:

  • Nicole Eide, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, USA

ABSTRACT

The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), like a sweeping tsunami, has caused unfathomable tragedy worldwide. It has thrown many families into economic despair causing widespread job losses and furloughs. COVID-19 has led to deep anxiety and grief for lost loved ones. Our goal as therapists has remained the same: ensure every student, regardless of background, ethnicity and socioeconomic status has equal access to therapeutic intervention. COVID-19 has uncovered inequities in therapeutic service delivery by identifying clusters of clients who have no access to and difficulty using remote learning technology.

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