e-ISSN: 3005-6047
Volume 1 issue 3 Published 10/08/2024
Ms. Nora Benkohila.
PhD. Scholar’s Special and Inclusive education, Head of inclusion, Taaleem Education, United Arab Emirates email: [email protected]
Ms. Nahida Mohamed M.H. Salameh
Ph.D. scholar’s educational science, Education Manager, Ambulatory Healthcare Services, United Arab Emirates email: [email protected]
Ms.Huda Mohamed Ali Rasheed.
Ph.D. scholar’s British University in Dubai, college of Educational Science, British University in Dubai, United Arab Emirates email: [email protected].
Abstract
Introduction: COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on the population in many areas, including daily activities, education, and learning for children, adolescents, and school students. Also, COVID-19 epidemic not only harmed people’s physical health, but it also harmed their mental health, particularly among the most vulnerable, such as children, adolescents, and children with special needs. Objective: The purpose of this study is to explore and identify the effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic lockdown on the psychological and mental Health of Child and Adolescent with special needs. Methodology: This descriptive study tackles the research’s conducted from Google Scholar, PubMed, CINAHEL, EBSCO, and ProQuest that is discussing the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on special needs students. Result: The result from research studies report that the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown causes serious psychological and mentally on special needs children and adolescents that caused a negative impact on their health. Conclusion: Children and teenagers have been harmed by the COVID-19 outbreak and these researches were crucial, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, in determining the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of children and adolescents.
Keywords: COVID-19 lockdown Pandemic, psychological health, Mental health, Special needs child and adolescent
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